A sultan in Palermo : [a novel] / Tariq Ali.
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Ali, Tariq (author.)
- ISBN 178168930X
- Publicerad: London ; Verso, 2015
- Engelska 246 pages
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Serie: Islam Quintet ; 4
Sammanfattning
Ämnesord
Stäng
- "The fourth novel in Tariq Ali's Islam Quintet is set in medieval Palermo, a Muslim city rivaling Baghdad and Cordoba in size and splendor. The year is 1153. The Normans are ruling Siqqiliya, but Arab culture and language dominate the island and the court. Sultan Rujari (King Roger) surrounds himself with Muslim intellectuals, several concubines, and an administration presided over by gifted eunuchs. The bishops, expecting to be at the pinnacle of power, are angered by the decadence of the court. In this captivating novel, Tariq Ali charts the life and loves of the medieval cartographer Muhammed al-Idrisi. Torn between his close friendship with the sultan and his friends who are leaving the island or plotting a resistance to Norman rule, Idrisi finds temporary solace in the harem; but, confronted by the common people of Noto and Catania, his conscience is troubled."--Book cover.
Ämnesord
- Kartografer (sao)
- Hovliv (sao)
- Hovmän (sao)
- Sultans -- Italy -- Palermo -- Fiction. (LCSH)
- Cartographers -- Italy -- Palermo -- Fiction. (LCSH)
- Islamic civilization -- Fiction. (LCSH)
- Civilization, Medieval -- 12th century -- Fiction. (LCSH)
- Cartographers. (fast)
- Civilization, Medieval. (fast)
- Courts and courtiers. (fast)
- Islamic civilization. (fast)
- Sultans. (fast)
- Courts and courtiers (LCSH)
- Courts and courtiers (LCSH)
- Palermo (sao)
- Palermo (Italy) -- Court and courtiers -- Fiction. (LCSH)
- Palermo (Italy) -- History -- Fiction. (LCSH)
- Italy -- Palermo. (fast)
- 1100-1199 (fast)
Genre
- Romaner (saogf)
- Historiska skildringar (saogf)
- Fiction. (fast)
- History. (fast)
Indexterm och SAB-rubrik
- He.01 Skönlitteratur: engelska: romaner och noveller
Klassifikation
- 823.914 (DDC)
- He.01 (kssb/8)
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