Pełny opis The First Muslim, The Story of Muhammad by Lesley Hazleton, 9781782392323.
The extraordinary life of the man who founded Islam, and the world he inhabited ? and remade.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 The First Muslim,
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.
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?
Impeccably researched and thrillingly
readable, Hazleton's narrative creates vivid insight into a man
navigating between idealism and pragmatism, faith and politics,
non-violence and violence, rejection and acclaim. The First Muslim illuminates not only an immensely significant figure but his lastingly relevant legacy.
About the Author
Lesley Hazleton reported on the Middle East from Jerusalem for more than a dozen years, and has written for Time, The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, and Harper's, among other publications. Her last book, After the Prophet, was a finalist for the PEN-USA book Award. Hazleton lives in Seattle.
ISBN: 9781782392323
ISBN-10: 1782392327
Publiczność: General
Oprawa: Miękka
Language: English
Liczba stron: 336
Data wydania: 1st August 2014
Kraj wydania: GB
Wymiary (cm): 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.7
Waga (kg): 0.32
Edition Number: 1














