Christopher de Bellaigue
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Christopher de Bellaigue is an award-winning foreign correspondent and author. In a career spanning 25 years, he has reported from four continents, written seven books, and held fellowships at the University of Oxford, Harvard, and St. Andrews University.
His most recent book is The Lion House: The Coming of a King, the first installment in a trilogy about the Ottoman sultan Suleyman the Magnificent.
He is the director and co-founder of England's Lake District Book Festival.