Simon Sebag Montefiore The Cauldron: The Making Of The Modern Middle East

This event has now sold out but please join our waiting list because sometimes tickets do become available, and if we have enough interest we will do our best to add a second event.The 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, yet few know its real history.
Join prizewinning historianSimon Sebag Montefioreas he discusses his new history of the entire region in all its diversity, from 1900 up to the present day. He takes us on a spectacular journey from the Ottoman Empire to the Trump presidency, from Morocco to Iran. Hear the story of how the Middle East of 1900 became the Middle East of today - and tomorrow.Event sponsored by Steppes Travel