by Tariq Ali · Alianza Editorial · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788420662589
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«El libro de Saladino» is the historical novel by Tariq Ali, published by Alianza Editorial in paperback (496 pages, in Spanish).
The Jewish scribe Isaac ben Yakub is called upon to transcribe from dictation the memoirs of Salah al-Din, sultan of Egypt. The narrative traverses the setting of the Crusades and the medieval East: Cairo, Damascus and Baghdad, with their palaces, harems, souks and battlefields, where intrigues, passions and political tensions cross paths around the famous Muslim leader.
Second instalment of Tariq Ali's Islam Quintet cycle, translated into Spanish by Ana Herrera Ferrer.
For fans of historical fiction and stories set in the medieval East and the Crusades.
Tariq Ali is a Pakistani-British political activist, writer, journalist, filmmaker, and public intellectual. He is a member of the editorial committee of the New Left Review and Sin Permiso, and contributes to The Guardian, CounterPunch, and the London Review of Books. He reads Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Exeter College, Oxford.
