Alexandria: City of Memory

by Michael Haag

Yale University Press, London and New Haven,

also The American University in Cairo Press

Cairo and New York 2004

Greek edition of

Alexandria: City of Memory

Oceanida Publishing

Athens 2005

Alexandria Illustrated

written and photographed by

Michael Haag

The American University in Cairo Press

Cairo and New York 2004

Cairo Illustrated

written and photographed by

Michael Haag

The American University in Cairo Press

Cairo and New York 2007

      The Templars:

      History and Myth

      by Michael Haag

       Profile Publishing

       London

       hardback 2008

       paperback 2009

       ebook 2010

                  

      

Vintage Alexandria:

Photographs of the City 1860-1960

by Michael Haag

The American University in Cairo Press

Cairo and New York 2008

Michael Haag is a writer and historian who lives in London, England.  His books are published by Yale University Press, Profile Books, Harper Collins, The American University in Cairo Press, and others.  He has written for major newspapers and magazines in Britain and America, and he has broadcast for the BBC.

'In his new book, Michael Haag mixes memory and biography, politics and cultural studies in clear and seamless prose.'

        —Amos Elon, New York Review of Books

'This is full of intrigue and incident, and sparkles with countless delightful details.'

            —S.B Kelly, Scotland on Sunday

'A fine and deft interweaving of the personal and the political.'

          —Michael Glover, The Financial Times

'A brilliant portrait not only of Alexandria, but also of an international city. Ending this haunting book, some readers may want to re-read it at once.'

             —Philip Mansel, The Guardian

'Haag’s Alexandria goes further than any book I know to animate the world these people lived and loved'

          — Anthony Sattin, The Sunday Times

Alexandria Illustrated, Cairo Illustrated and Luxor Illustrated (including Aswan, Abu Simbel and the Nile) comprise a unique series of photographic guides to the most fascinating places in Egypt.  The striking illustrations, accompanied by an authoritative text, provide evocative journeys through places and time.  Each volume contains about two hundred photographs and is accompanied by detailed maps. 

The Lost Oases

Michael Haag has written an extensive introduction to this new edition of the 1925 classic of desert exploration, The Lost Oases by Ahmed Hassanein, published by the American University in Cairo Press, Cairo and New York 2006.

'The photographic illustrations are beautifully shot and richly complement the author's prose.'

                                   - Egypt Today

'Here at long last is a history of the Knights Templar - and their secrets - that you can believe in.'

                                       - The Scotsman

'Michael Haag, in his well-knit narrative, gets through an enormous spread of history, helpfully telling readers what the Bible has to say about the Jewish Temple before running through the Roman, Muslim and Crusader centuries. The after-history of the Templars is dominated by the imaginings of Freemasons and the conspiracy fancies of scarcely distinct alternative historians and novelists.'

                                      - Daily Telegraph

'Hassanein left a legacy of unprecedented achievements and an incredible account of his journey in The Lost Oases, an inspiration for generations to come.'