Barnaby rogerson biography sample

British author and television presenter (born 1960)

Barnaby Rogerson (born 17 May 1960) is a British author, television presenter and publisher.

He has written extensively about the Muslim world, including a biography of the Islamic prophet Muhammad,^[1][2] and numerous travel guides.

In this fascinating and insightful biography, Barnaby Rogerson explores the life and times of Muhammad.

Barnaby Rogerson was conceived on the Isle of Wight (at Cowes week) and born in Dunfermline, Scotland.

Barnaby Rogerson (born 17 May ) is a British author, television presenter and publisher.

Koran in one hand and Barnaby Rogerson 's stimulating biography, The. Prophet Muhammad, in the other' Philip Marsden, Sunday Times.

Barnaby Rogerson's narrative account of the life of Muhammad is a curious and engaging mixture of historical fact, hagiography, and creative fiction.

Rogerson was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, and studied Medieval History at St Andrews University. He became a writer of guidebooks, to Morocco, Tunisia, Cyprus, Istanbul and Libya. He now lives in London with his wife and business partner, Rose Baring.

Together they run Eland Books, a publishing company specialising in reprinting classics of travel writing.^[3]

He has worked as a lecturer for tour companies such as Martin Randall Travel,^[4]Eastern Approaches and Andante, and as a freelance travel writer he has written three hundred articles and reviews for the TLS, Guardian, Independent, House & Garden, Harpers & Queen,