"For anybody with an interest in medieval and Middle East history, or simply with a love of castles, Eagle's Nest will be essential reading. Among many castles and fortresses, it describes the impressive and often inspiring sites of Alamut, Samiran and Qa'in (in Iran), and of Ma…
[This book] is [an] account of history's first terrorists. An offshoot of the Ismaili Shi'ite sect of Islam, [this] was the first group to make systematic use of murder as a political weapon. [The author] traces the history of this radical Islamic sect, studying its teachings an…
No one writes about Muslim history with greater authority, or intelligence, or literary charm than Professor Bernard Lewis.--Sunday Times (London).
"The Assassins is a comprehensive, readable, and authoritative account of history's first terrorists. An offshoot of the Ismaili Shi'ite sect of Islam, the Assassins were the first group to make systematic use of murder as a political weapon. Established in Iran and Syria in the…
[This] book chronicles [the author's] travels into Luristan, the mountainous terrain nestled between Iraq and present-day Iran, often with only a single guide and on a shoestring budget. [She] writes engagingly of the nomadic peoples who inhabit the region's valleys and brings t…
"The book chronicles the author's 1934 travels into Luristan, the mountainous terrain between Iraq and present-day Iran."--Source inconnue.
With a new introduction, the book chronicles the author's 1934 travels into Luristan, the mountainous terrain between Iraq and present-day Iran.
With a new introduction, the book chronicles the author's 1934 travels into Luristan, the mountainous terrain between Iraq and present-day Iran.
