Rory Stewart Livres

Published on the 20th anniversary of Massoud's assassination, two days before the 9/11 attack, this is the first biography of Massoud published in over a decade.

The veteran journalist Sandy Gall reported from Afghanistan at length through the 1980s and '90s, spending months with Massoud and his forces.

Despite its reputation for religious intolerance, the Middle East has long been home to many distinctive faiths. Some regard Greek prophets as incarnations of God, others revere Lucifer as a peacock, and some believe their followers are reincarnated beings. These religions are remnants of ancient civilizations like Persia, Babylon, and Egypt. Their adherents have developed strategies for survival amid foreign attacks and assimilation pressures. However, with the current turmoil in the region, these communities face unprecedented challenges. In this exploration, former diplomat Gerard Russell travels to remote areas where these mysterious religions struggle to endure. He immerses himself in the lives of the Mandaeans and Ezidis of Iraq, the Zoroastrians of Iran, the Copts of Egypt, and others, learning their histories and participating in their rituals. He also examines the threats these communities face, particularly the rise of militant sects within Islam and the consequences of Western interventions, which now endanger these minority faiths. As many young people seek better opportunities in the West, these religions confront the alarming prospect of extinction. Through his travels and research, Russell provides a vital account of the past, present, and precarious future of these remarkable faiths.

A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabinet minister and co-presenter of breakout hit podcast The Rest Is Politics 'The most exceptional political memoir I've ever read' ALAN JOHNSON 'An instant classic' MARINA HYDE 'At last a politician who can write' SEBASTIAN FAULKS The Times Political Book of the Year Over the course of a decade, Rory Stewart went from being a political outsider to standing for prime minister - before being sacked from a Conservative Party that he had come to barely recognise. Uncompromising, honest and darkly humorous, this is his story of the challenges, absurdities and realities of political life. Instantly praised as a new classic, it is an astonishing portrait of our turbulent times. 'Genuinely eye-opening...always riveting, often horrifying' iNEWS 'Beautifully written' GUARDIAN 'Hugely entertaining' EVENING STANDARD **A FINANCIAL TIMES, GUARDIAN, SUNDAY TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, TIMES, OBSERVER, i NEWSPAPER, NEW STATESMAN, PROSPECT, CHURCH TIMES AND SCOTSMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023** Politics on the Edge was a #1 Sunday Times bestseller from 09.09.23-16.09.23, and 09.12.23-16.12.23, and 30.12.23-06.01.24

After US-led invasion of Iraq, the anarchy had begun. Rory Stewart, a young Biritish diplomat, was appointed as Coalition Provisional Authority's deputy governor of a province in southern marshland region. There, he and his colleagues confronted gangsters. This work provides an account of the attempt to re-build a nation.

In January 2002 Rory Stewart walked across Afghanistan-surviving by his wits, his knowledge of Persian dialects and Muslim customs, and the kindness of strangers. By day he passed through mountains covered in nine feet of snow, hamlets burned and emptied by the Taliban, and communities thriving amid the remains of medieval civilizations. By night he slept on villagers' floors, shared their meals, and listened to their stories of the recent and ancient past. Along the way Stewart met heroes and rogues, tribal elders and teenage soldiers, Taliban commanders and foreign-aid workers. He was also adopted by an unexpected companion-a retired fighting mastiff he named Babur in honor of Afghanistan's first Mughal emperor, in whose footsteps the pair was following. Through these encounters--by turns touching, confounding, surprising, and funny--Stewart makes tangible the forces of tradition, ideology, and allegiance that shape life in the map's countless places in between.

Bestselling author Stewart ("The Places In Between") and political economist Knaus examine the impact of large-scale military interventions, from Kosovo to Afghanistan.