The Assassins

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The Assassins
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The Assassins

Bernard Lewis
Edition year 2005
Binding Cloth
Weight 1 Kg
Pages xiii + 242
Dimensions 23.6 × 15.7 cm

Edition details

The Assassins; A Radical Sect in Islam by Bernard Lewis. 14 colour plates of Islamic miniatures and photographs. Map endpapers printed black on light brown. Bound in red cloth, cover blocked with an image in gilt, green and black. Plain red slipcase. xiii + 242pp. 23.6x15.7cm.

About the book

The Assassins explores the medieval Islamic sect commonly associated with the Nizari Ismailis and their legendary reputation for political assassination. The book examines their mountain strongholds, beliefs, enemies and the historical reality behind later myths. It places the Assassins within the wider political and religious struggles of the medieval Middle East.

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