by Bernard Lewis · Mondadori · tapa dura · ISBN 9788439716624
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«Los Asesinos» is the historical essay by Bernard Lewis, published by Mondadori in hardback (176 pages, in Spanish).
Bernard Lewis examines in this work the Ismaili sect of the Assassins and its leader, the Old Man of the Mountain. He explains how knowledge of this sect reached the West from Syria through the Crusaders and analyses its influence on revolutionary movements and on the conflicts between Islam and Europe.
Published in 1990 in the Biblioteca Mondadori collection. Includes plates with black-and-white photographs.
For readers interested in the history of Islam, the Crusades and the roots of conflicts between the Middle East and the West.
Bernard Lewis was a British-American historian specialized in Oriental studies. He was also known as a public intellectual and political commentator. Lewis was the Cleveland E. Dodge Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University. Lewis's expertise was in the history of Islam and the interaction between Islam and the West.
