Christopher de Bellaigue has worked as a journalist in South Asia and the Middle East, writing for the Economist and the Financial Times, the Independent, and the New York Review of Books. His first book, In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs, was short-listed for the Royal Society of Literature's Ondaatje Prize, and his second, Rebel Land, was short-listed for the 2010 Orwell Prize. He and his wife divide their time between London and Tehran.
"Superbly timed...portrays some fascinating, and often farcical,
stories of political life in Iran" - Independent
"Compelling... the West has handled its relationship with Iran as
badly as possible... we have little leverage with its people...de
Bellaigue's book goes far to explain why." - Max Hastings, Sunday
Times (London)
"Authoritative...a politically astute biography" - Pankaj Mishra,
London Review of Books
"A compelling biography... Bellaigue...writes with economy and a
lightly ironic touch...The result is a three-dimensional profile of
Mossadegh that contrasts sharply with the heroic democrat
mythologized by his supporters." - Wall Street Journal
"Brilliant...deft...De Bellaigue, fluent in Farsi, draws on
previously unused Iranian sources to bring Mossadegh to vivid
life...De Bellaigue's powerful portrait is also a timely reminder
that further Western recklessness toward Iran...would only pile
tragedy upon tragedy." - Roger Cohen, New York Review of Books
"Concise, smoothly written, and ultimately absorbing: the kind of
portrait that serves as much as an introduction to a country as it
does to a man...PATRIOT OF PERSIA arrives just in time." - Suzy
Hansen, BookForum
"...thanks to veteran journalist Christopher de Bellaigue's brisk,
engaging 300-page biography, Mossadegh's strange personality and at
times baffling motives come into clearer focus." - The Daily
Beast
"Portrayed by Bellaigue as a classic tragic hero...the book
presents a nuanced portrait of an enigmantic man whose brilliance
and fairmindedness fatally collided with his pride and rigidity." -
Tara Bahrampour, Washington Post
"...superbly researched..." - Huffington Post
"...a major strength of the book is that it does not seek to
lionize the protagonist." - Washington Independent Review of
Books
"A timely book...elegantly written...feels both fresh and
relevant...highlights the dangers of a foreign policy that ignores
the perceptions of those with memories longer than our own." - The
Guardian
"De Bellaigue's book is unsurpassed as a rounded portrait of
Mossadegh." - Times Literary Supplement (London)
"Until now, no biography in English has caught the personality and
significance of Muhammad Mosadegh, Prime Minister of Iran,
1951-1953...De Bellaigue's book is unsurpassed as a rounded
portrait of Mossadegh." - Times Literary Supplement (London)
"Economist Tehran correspondent de Bellaigue uses plenty of local
insight to provide general readers with an intriguing combination
of biography, history and strategic study." - Kirkus Reviews
"Brilliant...A sweeping new biography...also a rich portrait of
Iran amid the revolutionary upheaval of anti-colonial reform
movements...-the antecedent, in many ways, of today's Middle East
uprisings." - The Daily
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