Rory Stewart

Bookish with Sonya Walger

My guest this week is Rory Stewart, British academic, diplomat, explorer, author, soldier, and politician. Rory is a Senior Fellow at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, where he teaches politics and international relations. He has served as a Minister in four different departments of the UK government, including Secretary of State for International Development. He resigned from this role when Boris Johnson became Prime Minister. He was also a Member of Parliament. He has walked across Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, India, and Nepal, and written a best selling book, The Places In Between, about his experiences.

Rory's Books

Tristram Shandy by Lawrence Sterne, 1759

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, 1877

The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy by Jacob Burckhardt, 1860

The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene, 1940

The Master and his Emissary by Ian McGilchrist, 2009

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