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The Book of Saladin: A Novel
Tariq Ali
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Description for The Book of Saladin: A Novel
Paperback. Set in 12th-century Cairo, Damascus and Jerusalem, this is the fictional memoir of Saladin, the Kurdish liberator of Jerusalem. It is the second in a series of historical novels depicting the confrontation between Islamic and Christian civilisations. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 199 x 31. Weight in Grams: 446.
The Book of Saladin is the fictional memoir of Saladin, the Kurdish liberator of Jerusalem, as dictated to a Jewish scribe, Ibn Yakub. Saladin grants Ibn Yakub permission to talk to his wife and retainers so that he might present a full portrait in the Sultan's memoirs. A series of interconnected stories follows, tales brimming over with warmth, earthy humor and passions in which ideals clash with realities and dreams are confounded by desires.
The novel charts the rise of Saladin as Sultan of Egypt and Syria and follows him as he prepares to take Jerusalem back from the ... Read more
The Book of Saladin is the fictional memoir of Saladin, the Kurdish liberator of Jerusalem, as dictated to a Jewish scribe, Ibn Yakub. Saladin grants Ibn Yakub permission to talk to his wife and retainers so that he might present a full portrait in the Sultan's memoirs. A series of interconnected stories follows, tales brimming over with warmth, earthy humor and passions in which ideals clash with realities and dreams are confounded by desires.
The novel charts the rise of Saladin as Sultan of Egypt and Syria and follows him as he prepares to take Jerusalem back from the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Verso Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781680032
SKU
V9781781680032
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About Tariq Ali
TARIQ ALI is a writer and filmmaker. He has written more than a dozen books on world history and politics--including Pirates of the Caribbean, Bush in Babylon, The Clash of Fundamentalisms and The Obama Syndrome--as well as five novels in his Islam Quintet series and scripts for the stage and screen. He is an editor of the New Left Review ... Read more
Reviews for The Book of Saladin: A Novel
Grippingly told, brilliantly paced, remarkably convincing in its historical depiction of a fateful relationship, it is a narrative for our time, haunted by distant events and characters who are closer to us than we had dreamed.
Edward Said Ali overturns demonising stereotypes of Salah-al-din, portraying instead the 'barbarian' Western invaders. Whether depicting erotically charged harem intrigue of siege warfare, ... Read more
Edward Said Ali overturns demonising stereotypes of Salah-al-din, portraying instead the 'barbarian' Western invaders. Whether depicting erotically charged harem intrigue of siege warfare, ... Read more