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Overview
This book club edition has a very nice dust jacket ... good
Description
Ninth century Spain was the tumultuous battleground between East and West,
Muslim and Christian, saint and infidel. Alaric, the Christian Goth, wades
through the raging sea of religious passion and hate. Admired by the Moors and
employed by the Jews, Alaric is a feared swordsman a scholar and prophet. Some
even claim that he is a saint, but others believe he is the devil. It might have
been better had the Emir, al-Rahman II followed the advice of his counselors and
put Alaric to death. But in the end, the emir, himself, falls under Alaric’s
spell and becomes an unwitting pawn in Arian Christianity’s ultimate defeat of
Islam.
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; "AN ODOR OF SANCTITY: BOOK CLUB EDITION W/ DUST JACKET")