Ali Tariq - The Book Of Saladin A Novel - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: 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. At the heart of the novel is an affecting love affair between the Sultan's favored wife Jamila and the beautiful Halina a later addition to the harem. The novel charts the rise of Saladin as Sultan of Egypt and Syria and follows him as he prepares in alliance with his Jewish and Christian subjects to take Jerusalem back from the Crusaders. This is a medieval story but much of it will be uncannily familiar to those who follow events in contemporary Cairo Damascus and Baghdad. Betrayed hopes disillusioned soldiers and unrealistic alliances form the backdrop to The Book of Saladin.
Title: The Book Of Saladin A Novel
Author(s): Ali Tariq
Publisher: Verso Books
Barcode: 9781781680032
Pages: 368 Pages
Publication Date: 7/7/2015
Series: The Islam Quintet
Category: Historical Fiction