Christopher de Bellaigue was born in London in 1971 and has worked as a journalist in the Middle East and South Asia since 1994. His first book, In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs: A Memoir of Iran, was shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature’s Ondaatje Prize. His latest book is Patriot of Persia: Muhammad Mossadegh and a Tragic Anglo-American Coup. He lives in Tehran with his wife and two children.
Books in order of publication:
In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs: A Memoir of Iran – 2005
The Struggle for Iran – 2007
Rebel Land: Unraveling the Riddle of History in a Turkish Town – 2008
Patriot of Persia: Muhammad Mossadegh and a Tragic Anglo-American Coup – 2012
The Islamic Enlightenment: The Struggle Between Faith and Reason, 1798 to Modern Times – 2017
The Lion House: The Coming of A King – 2022
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