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In The Shadow Of The Sword
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Author : Tom Holland
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-04-05
In The Shadow Of The Sword written by Tom Holland and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-05 with History categories.
A SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER 'A stunning blockbuster' Robert Fisk 'A brilliant tour de force of revisionist scholarship and thrilling storytelling' Simon Sebag Montefiore 'A compelling detective story of the highest order' Sunday Times 'Tom Holland has an enviable gift for summoning up the colour, the individuals and animation of the past' Independent In the 6th century AD, the Near East was divided between two venerable empires: the Persian and the Roman. A hundred years on and one had vanished forever, while the other seemed almost finished. Ruling in their place were the Arabs: an upheaval so profound that it spelt, in effect, the end of the ancient world. In the Shadow of the Sword explores how this came about. Spanning from Constantinople to the Arabian desert, and starring some of the most remarkable rulers who ever lived, he tells a story vivid with drama, horror, and startling achievement.
In The Shadow Of The Sword
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Author : Tom Holland
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 2013-02-12
In The Shadow Of The Sword written by Tom Holland and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-12 with Religion categories.
A thrillingly panoramic historical account of the rise of Islam, hailed as “a veritable tour de force” (The Wall Street Journal), from the acclaimed author of Rubicon and co-host of the hit podcast The Rest Is History “Accessible but delightful . . . as fun to read as any thriller, and with far richer intellectual nutritional content.”—The Daily Beast Written with verve and panache, In the Shadow of the Sword recounts the history of how the ancient world came to an end and how a new power, Islam, arose. In a story dazzlingly rich in drama, character, and achievement, Tom 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 implications for the most consequential events of our time, Holland bears witness to the abiding impact of this extraordinary, convulsive age.
Shadow Of The Swords
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Author : Kamran Pasha
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2010-06-22
Shadow Of The Swords written by Kamran Pasha and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-22 with Fiction categories.
An epic saga of love and war, Shadow of the Swords tells the story of the Crusades—from the Muslim perspective. Saladin, a Muslim sultan, finds himself pitted against King Richard the Lionheart as Islam and Christianity clash against each other, launching a conflict that still echoes today. In the midst of a brutal and unforgiving war, Saladin finds forbidden love in the arms of Miriam, a beautiful Jewish girl with a tragic past. But when King Richard captures Miriam, the two most powerful men on Earth must face each other in a personal battle that will determine the future of the woman they both love—and of all civilization. Richly imagined, deftly plotted, and highly entertaining, Shadow of the Swords is a remarkable story that will stay with readers long after the final page has been turned.
Soul Of The Sword Shadow Of The Fox Book 2
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Author : Julie Kagawa
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2019-06-18
Soul Of The Sword Shadow Of The Fox Book 2 written by Julie Kagawa and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-18 with Fiction categories.
‘My new favourite series’ Ellen Oh, author of the Prophecy and Spirit Hunters series Return to Julie Kagawa’s beautiful and perilous land of shapeshifters, samurai and demons as Japanese mythology and magic swirl together in the New York Times bestselling author’s brand new adventure.
Shadow Of The Sword
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Author : Jeremiah Workman
language : en
Publisher: Presidio Press
Release Date : 2009-09-15
Shadow Of The Sword written by Jeremiah Workman and has been published by Presidio Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Awarded the Navy Cross for gallantry under fire, Staff Sergeant Jeremiah Workman is one of the Marine Corps’ best-known contemporary combat veterans. In this searing and inspiring memoir, he tells an unforgettable story of his service overseas–and of the emotional wars that continue to rage long after our fighting men come home. Raised in a tiny blue-collar town in Ohio, Jeremiah Workman was a handsome and athletic high achiever. Having excelled on the sporting field, he believed that the Marine Corps would be the perfect way to harness his physical and professional drives. In the Iraqi city of Fallujah in December 2004, Workman faced the challenge that would change his life. He and his platoon were searching for hidden caches of weapons and mopping up die-hard insurgent cells when they came upon a building in which a team of fanatical insurgents had their fellow Marines trapped. Leading repeated assaults on that building, Workman killed more than twenty of the enemy in a ferocious firefight that left three of his own men dead. But Workman’s most difficult fight lay ahead of him–in the battlefield of his mind. Burying his guilt about the deaths of his men, he returned stateside, where he was decorated for valor and then found himself assigned to the Marine base at Parris Island as a “Kill Hat”: a drill instructor with the least seniority and the most brutal responsibilities. He was instructed, only half in jest, to push his untested recruits to the brink of suicide. Haunted by the thought that he had failed his men overseas, Workman cracked, suffering a psychological breakdown in front of the men he was charged with leading and preparing for war. In Shadow of the Sword, a memoir that brilliantly captures both wartime courage and its lifelong consequences, Workman candidly reveals the ordeal of post-traumatic stress disorder: the therapy and drug treatments that deadened his mind even as they eased his pain, the overwhelming stress that pushed his marriage to the brink, and the confrontations with anger and self-blame that he had internalized for years. Having fought through the worst of his trials–and now the father of a young son–Workman has found not perfection or a panacea but a way to accommodate his traumas and to move forward toward hope, love, and reconciliation.
Sword And Shadow
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Author : Michelle Sagara
language : en
Publisher: MIRA
Release Date : 2022-02-22
Sword And Shadow written by Michelle Sagara and has been published by MIRA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-22 with Fiction categories.
Beyond the Emperor's law In the city of Elantra, the law is upheld by a few groups, and the most feared are the Wolves—the Emperor’s executioners. The newest member of this elite force is Severn Handred. Granted a leave of absence to pursue information about his unknown past, Severn joins a mission to an enclave well outside the boundaries of the Empire. And he will be in danger the entire time. Still, the instincts that led him to the Wolves and the sense of duty that keeps him there can’t be discarded as easily as the tabard he wears. While he's in the heart of the West March, enmeshed in a tangled web of mysteries that have been held for centuries, Severn's belief in justice is going to be tested. It's one mortal man and his single ally against a community of immortals who will kill to keep their secrets. But they don't know who they're up against. “This world feels so complex and so complete.” —ReadingReality.net on The Emperor's Wolves The Wolves of Elantra Book 1: The Emperor's Wolves Book 2: Sword and Shadow
Battle For The Shadow Sword
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Author : Adam Blade
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2017-07-13
Battle For The Shadow Sword written by Adam Blade and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-13 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
X-Men meets Beast Quest at the school for superheroes! An epic new adventure series from bestselling author Adam Blade! Welcome to Hero Academy! Join Jack and your other new classmates at this secret school, where the lessons are more exciting than Maths and PE. But when a portal from the evil underground realm of Noxx is discovered beneath the school, Team Hero needs your powers. The next invasion is upon us!
God S Shadow
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Author : Alan Mikhail
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2020-08-18
God S Shadow written by Alan Mikhail and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-18 with History categories.
The Ottoman Empire was a hub of flourishing intellectual fervor, geopolitical power, and enlightened pluralistic rule. At the helm of its ascent was the omnipotent Sultan Selim I (1470-1520), who, with the aid of his extraordinarily gifted mother, Gülbahar, hugely expanded the empire, propelling it onto the world stage. Aware of centuries of European suppression of Islamic history, Alan Mikhail centers Selim's Ottoman Empire and Islam as the very pivots of global history, redefining such world-changing events as Christopher Columbus's voyages - which originated, in fact, as a Catholic jihad that would come to view Native Americans as somehow "Moorish" - the Protestant Reformation, the transatlantic slave trade, and the dramatic Ottoman seizure of the Middle East and North Africa. Drawing on previously unexamined sources and written in gripping detail, Mikhail's groundbreaking account vividly recaptures Selim's life and world. An historical masterwork, God's Shadow radically reshapes our understanding of a world we thought we knew. A leading historian of his generation, Alan Mikhail, Professor of History and Chair of the Department of History at Yale University, has reforged our understandings of the past through his previous three prize-winning books on the history of Middle East.
In The Shadow Of The Sword
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Author : Tom Holland
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 2012-05-15
In The Shadow Of The Sword written by Tom Holland and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-15 with Religion categories.
The acclaimed author of Rubicon and other superb works of popular history now produces a thrillingly panoramic (and incredibly timely) account of the rise of Islam. No less significant than the collapse of the Roman Republic or the Persian invasion of Greece, the evolution of the Arab empire is one of the supreme narratives of ancient history, a story dazzlingly rich in drama, character, and achievement. Just like the Romans, the Arabs came from nowhere to carve out a stupefyingly vast dominion—except that they achieved their conquests not over the course of centuries as the Romans did but in a matter of decades. Just like the Greeks during the Persian wars, they overcame seemingly insuperable odds to emerge triumphant against the greatest empire of the day—not by standing on the defensive, however, but by hurling themselves against all who lay in their path.
Shadow Of The Conqueror
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Author : Shad M. Brooks
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022-09-14
Shadow Of The Conqueror written by Shad M. Brooks and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-14 with categories.