Samarkand by Amin Maalouf

Samarkand

Amin Maalouf with Russell Harris (Translator)

320 pages first pub 1988 (editions)

fiction historical challenging informative slow-paced
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A gripping historical novel set in 11th century Persia that imagines the life of poet and philosopher Omar Khayyam Accused of mocking the inviolate codes of Islam, the Persian poet and sage Omar Khayyam fortuitously finds sympathy with the very...

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