Tom Holland

In the Shadow of the Sword

The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire

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Produktbeschreibung

A thrillingly panoramic and incredibly timely account of the rise of Islam, from the acclaimed author of Rubicon and Persian Fire. The evolution of the Arab empire is one of the supreme narratives of ancient history, a story dazzlingly rich in drama, character, and achievement. In this exciting and sweeping history-the third in his trilogy of books on the ancient world-Holland describes how the Arabs emerged to carve out a stupefyingly vast dominion in a matter of decades, overcoming seemingly insuperable odds to create an imperial civilization aspects of which endure to the present day. With profound bearing on the most consequential events of our time, Holland ties the exciting story of Islam's ascent to the crises and controversies of the present.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 560
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 146mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 527g
• ISBN-13: 9780307473653
• ISBN-10: 0307473651
• Artikelnr.: 35204034

Autorenporträt

Tom Holland

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It takes courage and intellect to confront such complexity and sensitivity. Written with flamboyant elegance and energetic intensity, Holland delivers a brilliant tour de force of revisionist scholarship and thrilling storytelling with a blood-spattered cast of swashbuckling tyrants, nymphomanaical empresses and visionary prophets... Unputdownable The Times