by Tariq Ali · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422688082
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«El libro de Saladino» is the historical novel by Tariq Ali, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback, in Spanish.
The novel follows the figure of Saladin, the Kurdish sultan who recaptured Jerusalem, and shows him as a man of culture and religious knowledge, erudite, strategist and warrior. The action takes place in the 12th century, during the Crusades, and combines the chronicle of the reconquest of Jerusalem with the clash between Christendom and Islam.
The novel is the second installment of the Islam Quintet, Tariq Ali's series of historical novels.
For readers interested in historical fiction, medieval Islam 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.
