{"product_id":"the-cauldron-by-simon-sebag-montefiore-9781399634892","title":"The Cauldron","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow did an elderly cleric overthrow the Shah of Iran and change the world?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy did Bin Laden attack the USA - and why did the USA destroy Saddam?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow did Britain and France carve up the Middle East - and why did the Kurds never get their own state?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO THE MAKING OF TODAY'S MIDDLE EAST: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA SPELLBINDING HISTORY FROM THE BESTSELLING, PRIZEWINNING HISTORIAN AND MASTER STORYTELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Middle East has forever been the source of religions, prize of empires, spark-wheel of conflicts, well of radicalism and epicentre of our tumultuous world. No other region has such a hold on our imagination nor such a propensity to unleash mayhem. Yet few know its real history; fewer still understand its variety and cosmopolitanism, its complexity and interconnectedness. In \u003ci\u003eThe Cauldron\u003c\/i\u003e, Simon Sebag Montefiore delivers a fresh and unique history of the entire region in all its diversity, from 1900 up to the present day. Taking the reader on a spectacular journey from the Ottoman sultanate to the Trump presidency, from Morocco to Iran, this is a dazzling panorama of faith and fanaticism, creativity and tolerance, dictatorship and democracy brought to life by an extraordinary cast of kings, warriors, poets, terrorists and peacemakers.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the essential story of how the Middle East of 1900 became the Middle East of today - and tomorrow.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46886337708268,"sku":"9781399634892","price":49.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/81I9H-ob3WL._SL1500.jpg?v=1760426498","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-cauldron-by-simon-sebag-montefiore-9781399634892","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}