{"product_id":"first-muslim-book-lesley-hazleton-9781594487286","title":"The First Muslim","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe extraordinary life of the man who founded Islam, and the world he inhabited--and remade. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLesley Hazleton's new book, \u003ci\u003eAgnostic: A Spirited Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e, is out now from Riverhead Books. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Muhammad's was a life of almost unparalleled historical importance; yet for all the iconic power of his name, the intensely dramatic story of the prophet of Islam is not well known. In \u003ci\u003eThe First Muslim\u003c\/i\u003e, Lesley Hazleton brings him vibrantly to life. Drawing on early eyewitness sources and on history, politics, religion, and psychology, she renders him as a man in full, in all his complexity and vitality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hazleton's account follows the arc of Muhammad's rise from powerlessness to power, from anonymity to renown, from insignificance to lasting significance. How did a child shunted to the margins end up revolutionizing his world? How did a merchant come to challenge the established order with a new vision of social justice? How did the pariah hounded out of Mecca turn exile into a new and victorious beginning? How did the outsider become the ultimate insider? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Impeccably researched and thrillingly readable, Hazleton's narrative creates vivid insight into a man navigating between idealism and pragmatism, faith and politics, nonviolence and violence, rejection and acclaim. \u003ci\u003eThe First Muslim \u003c\/i\u003eilluminates not only an immensely significant figure but his lastingly relevant legacy.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49509325832465,"sku":"CIN1594487286G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50450428100881,"sku":"GOR006757429","price":26.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51395547201809,"sku":"CIN1594487286VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53618939396369,"sku":"GOR014984095","price":10.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1594487286.jpg?v=1750926968","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/first-muslim-book-lesley-hazleton-9781594487286","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}