In the shadow of the sword the birth of Islam and the rise of the global Arab empire
| Main Author: | Holland, Tom. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Doubleday,
c2012.
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| Edition: | 1st U.S. ed. |
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| Physical Description: |
x, 526 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 25 cm. |
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| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 481-507) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780385531351 (alk. paper) 0385531354 (alk. paper) |
| Author Notes: |
Historian Tom Holland is the author of the works of history Rubicon , Persian Fire , and The Forge of Christendom . He reviews regularly for the TLS , and has adapted Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides, and Virgil for BBC Radio. Rubicon was short-listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize and won the 2004 Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History, and Persian Fire won the Anglo-Hellenic League's 2006 Runciman Award. |