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344 pages ; 24 cm
Language
Español
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"César Vidal nos sumerge en un mundo marcado por la intolerancia religiosa y el afán de conquista, por la búsqueda de la sabiduría eterna y el amor a la belleza, al mismo tiempo que explora con rigor y talento narrativo aspectos muy poco conocidos del pensamiento islámico. Reyes y califas, campesinos y menestrales, guerreros y filósofos cobran vida en esta vibrante recreación de una de las batallas más célebres de la historia de Occidente...
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403 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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From award-winning author G. Willow Wilson, The Bird King is an epic journey set during the reign of the last sultan in the Iberian peninsula at the height of the Spanish Inquisition. G. Willow Wilson's debut novel Alif the Unseen was an NPR and Washington Post Best Book of the Year, and it established her as a vital American Muslim literary voice. Now she delivers The Bird King , a stunning new novel that tells the story of Fatima, a concubine in...
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xviii, 206 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits, genealogical table ; 23 cm
Language
English
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The first full account in any language of the last Muslim king of Spain. An action-packed story of betrayal, courage, intrigue, heroism, and tragedy. The Moor's Last Stand presents the poignant story of Boabdil, the last Muslim king of Granada. Betrayed by his family and undermined by faction and internal conflict, Boabdil was defeated in 1492 by the forces of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of the newly united kingdoms of Castile and Aragon. The...
8) El Cid
Series
Miriam collection volume 1
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2 videodiscs (183 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Eleventh-century Spain is divided into Christian kingdoms and Moorish strongholds. The young Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar, who has been dubbed El Cid by his followers, vows to see his country at peace, free from the invader. Showing clemency to some emirs, he faces treason charges at court. His accuser, Gomez, father of his fiancee, Chimene, dies in the resulting duel. Chimene's avowed vengeance plot fails and Rodrigo is given her hand. When King Ferdinand...
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xi, 482 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
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"A magisterial, myth-dispelling history of Islamic Spain spanning the millennium between the founding of Islam in the seventh century and the final expulsion of Spain's Muslims in the seventeenth. In Kingdoms of Faith, award-winning historian Brian A. Catlos rewrites the history of Islamic Spain from the ground up, evoking the cultural splendor of al-Andalus, while offering an authoritative new interpretation of the forces that shaped it. Prior accounts...
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