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020 _a 9781471220401
082 _a956.013 HOL
100 _aTom Holland
245 _a In the Shadow of the Sword
260 _a imprint of Clipper Audiobooks
_bW.F. Howes
_c 2018
300 _bBook
520 _aIn the 6th century AD, the Near East was divided between two venerable empires: the Persian and the Roman. A hundred years on, and one had vanished forever, while the other seemed almost finished. Ruling in their place were the Arabs: an upheaval so profound that it spelt, in effect, the end of the ancient world. Spanning Constantinople to the Arabian desert, and starring some of the most remarkable rulers who ever lived, In The Shadow of the Sword tells a story vivid with drama, horror and startling achievement
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