In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire
by Holland, Tom
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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. @holland_tom www.tom-holland.org www.doubleday.com
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On Dec 9 2014, a reader said:
This book is about the lste classical world that gave birth to Islam. Anyone who wants to understand the roots of that religion and the debates that surround it (should surround it) will find Tom Holland's book fascinating, enlightening, and entertaining. Highly recommended.
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- Title
- In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire
- Author
- Holland, Tom
- Book Condition
- UsedVeryGood
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- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0307473651
- ISBN 13
- 9780307473653
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Place of Publication
- U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- 2013-02-12
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