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The Invention of the Modern Middle East
Karl E. Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac

Tracing today’s troubles back to the imperial overreach of Great Britain and the United States, Kingmakers is the story of how the Middle East came to be, told through the lives of the Britons and Americans who shaped it.

Karl E. Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac, the authors of Kingmakers, will be giving the following talks in the UK:

MONDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER AT 6.30 PM:
ILLUSTRATED LECTURE AT THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY, 14 STEPHENSON WAY, LONDON, NW1 2HD

THURSDAY 2ND OCTOBER AT 5.30PM:
ILLUSTRATED LECTURE AT CURTIS AUDITORIUM, HERSCHEL BUILDING, NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY, NE1 7RU

TUESDAY 7TH OCTOBER AT 7.00PM:
LECTURE AT BLACKWELL BOOKSHOP, 48-51 BROAD STREET, OXFORD, OX1 3BQ
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Kingmakers

October 2008 • £16.99 • ISBN 978 0 393 06199 4 • 480pp • 156 x 235mm • 30 illustrations; 2 maps