Barnaby has written a biography of The Prophet Muhammad which was followed by the story of first four Caliphs of Islam, The Heirs of the Prophet. Before this he had written half a dozen guidebooks - most notably to Morocco (now in its 5th edition) and a Travellers History of North Africa (now in its third edition). His most recent work is centred on the conflict between the galleys of the Barbary Corsairs and such Last Crusader Kings of Christendom such as the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, his bastard son Don Juan and his young cousin, Dom Sebastian, the boy-king of Portugal. This 150 year-long adventure story begins and ends in Morocco, from the sack of the port of Ceuta in 1415 to the Battle of the Three Kings but also follows the careers of various spies, merchants, exiles and adventurers from the coast of China to the Carribean. He has also contributed dozens of travel articles, book reviews and historical essays on various North African and Islamic themes for various newspapers and magazines as well as lecturing and interviewing. This work has appeared in the pages of Vanity Fair, Cornucopia, Conde Nast Traveller, Geographical, Traveller, Guardian, Independent, Telegraph, House & Garden, Harpers & Queen and the TLS.

His day job is running Eland Publishing with his partner Rose Baring, which specializes in keeping the classics of travel literature in print. The hundred or so titles of this growing list can be viewed at www.travelbooks.co.uk.

Barnaby has set up barnabyrogerson.com as a store house of travel stories and historical anecdotes brought back from Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Algeria, Turkey, Syria, Mali, Niger and Ethiopia. Click here for more detailed biography.

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