The Heirs Of The Prophet Muhammad by Barnaby Rogerson

The Heirs Of The Prophet Muhammad by Barnaby Rogerson

The Prophet Muhammad taught the word of God to the Arabs. Within a generation of his death, his followers - as vivid a cast of heroic individuals as history has known - had exploded out of Arabia to confront the two great superpowers of the seventh-century and establish Islam and a new civilization. That the protagonists originated from the small oasis communities of central Arabia gives their adventures, their rivalries, their loves and their achievements an additional vivacity and intimacy. So that on one hand, THE HEIRS OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD is a swaggering saga of ambition, immense achievement, self-sacrificing nobility and blood rivalry, while on the other it allows us to understand some of the complexities of our modern world. For within this fifty-year span of conquest and empire- building, Barnaby Rogerson also identifies the seeds of discord that destroyed the unity of Islam, and traces the roots of the schism between Sunni and Shia Muslims to the rivalry of the two individuals who best knew and loved the Prophet: his cousin and son-in-law Ali and his wife Aisha.

'Rogerson.. communicates wonderfully how extraordinary Muhammad must have been as a character' EVENING STANDARD 'Rogerson recounts the tale with the love and artistry of a master storyteller, vividly recreating the world of sixth century Arabia ... This is an important book' GUARDIAN 'Rogerson's book reads almost as an eye-witness account ... A first-rate and highly readable book' EXPRESS

Barnaby Rogerson is the author of the prestigious Cadogan Travel Guides to Cyprus, Morocco and (with Rose Baring) of Tunisia, as well as a history of North Africa. He is author of THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD and, forthcoming from Little, Brown in 2007, THE LAST

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ISBN 13	9780316727297
ISBN 10	0316727296
Title	The Heirs Of The Prophet Muhammad
Author	Barnaby Rogerson
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Little, Brown Book Group
Year published	2006-01-19
Number of pages	432
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