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Title: In The Shadow Of The Sword
Condition: New
EAN: 9780349122359
ISBN: 9780349122359
Publisher: Abacus
Format: Paperback
Type: Paperback
Release Date: 04/04/2013
Item Height: 195mm
Item Length: 128mm
Item Width: 39mm
Item Weight: 492g
Author: Tom Holland
Language: English
Subtitle: The Battle for Global Empire and the End of the Ancient World
ISBN-10: 0349122350
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: History
Release Year: 2013
Description:
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.
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