Barnaby Rogerson
Barnaby Rogerson (born 17 May 1960) is a British author, television presenter and publisher. He has written extensively about the Muslim world, including a biography of the Islamic prophet Muhammad,[1][2] and numerous travel guides.
Rogerson was born in
St Andrews University. He became a writer of guidebooks, to Morocco, Tunisia, Cyprus, Istanbul and Libya. He now lives in London with his wife and business partner, Rose Baring. Together they run Eland Books, a publishing company specialising in reprinting classics of travel writing.[3]
He has worked as a lecturer for tour companies such as
Rogerson has also appeared as a television presenter, on the
and Pilot productions Muslim Empire series.Books
Rogerson has written books.[8]
- The House Divided: Sunni, Shia and the Making of the Middle East - Pegasus Books, 2024
- The Prophet Muhammad: How Islam was Born: All you Need to Know series - Connell Guides, 2018
- In Search of Ancient North Africa: A History in Six Lives - Haus Publishing, 2017
- Rogerson's Book of Numbers: The culture of numbers from 1001 Nights to the Seven Wonders of the World - Profile, 2013
- The Last Crusaders: East, West and the Battle for the Centre of the World, 1415-1578 - Little, Brown 2009
- Southern Frontiers - a photographic book by Don McCullin; text written by Barnaby Rogerson - Jonathan Cape, 2010
- Heirs of the Prophet and the roots of the Sunni-Shia schism - Little, Brown, 2006
- The Prophet Muhammad: A Biography - Little, Brown, 2003
- A Traveller’s History of North Africa - Duckworth & Co Ltd, 2008; US Interlink, 2001; Windrush Press/Orion, 1998
- Marrakesh, through Writers' Eyes (editor), Eland, 2006
- Meetings with Remarkable Muslims (editor, with Rose Baring), Eland, 2005
- Morocco (guidebook) - Cadogan, 1989, updated editions 1994, 1998, 2000 and 2004
- Cyprus (guidebook) - Cadogan, 1994
- Tunisia - Cadogan 1992, updated edition in 1998
- Desert Air: A collection of the Poetry of Place: of Arabia, Deserts and the Orient of the Imagination (editor), Eland Books, 2007, 2001
- London, the Poetry of Place (editor), Eland Books, 2003
External links
Personal website: http://www.barnabyrogerson.com
- ^ Guppy, Shusha (17 March 2003). "The Prophet Muhammad: a biography by Barnaby Rogerson". The Independent. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ^ Webster, Jason (22 February 2003). "With the Immediacy of Yesterday". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ^ "Barnaby Rogerson". The Clerkenwell Post. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ^ "Barnaby Rogerson". Martin Randall Travel. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ^ "About Barnaby Rogerson". barnabyrogerson.com.
- ^ "The Life of Muhammad". BBC Two.
- ^ "The Caliph". interactive.aljazeera.com.
- ^ "Books". barnabyrogerson.com. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
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