The first popular English-language account of the rise of Arab power Hugh Kennedy has a very high international reputation in this field An epic tale of the rise and fall of great empires
Hugh Kennedy studied Arabic at the Middle East Centre for Arabic Studies before reading Arabic, Persian and History at Cambridge.Since 1972 he has taught in the Department of Mediaeval History at the University of St Andrews.He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2000.Previous titles:The Court of the Caliphs (Bfmt Feb 06, HC Dec 04);Mongols, Huns and Vikings (HC Aug 02);U.K. editions available: The Byzantine and Early Islamic Near East (U.K. HC Jul 06);When Baghdad Ruled the Muslim World;Muslim Military Architecture in Greater Syria;The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates
An exciting story gets extra colour thanks to Kennedy's ease with the sources - THE SCOTSMANThe story of the Arab conquests is a dramatic one and Kennedy makes a boldly ambitious attempt to tell it - THE SUNDAY TIMESMr Kennedy tells a remarkable tale with skill and authority - THE ECONOMISTThe Great Arab Conquests is history at its most vivid and enthralling.. a truly magnificent achievement. - THE NEW STATESMENfascinating and well-written - The GUARDIANa superb history - THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
An exciting story gets extra colour thanks to Kennedy's ease with the sources - THE SCOTSMANThe story of the Arab conquests is a dramatic one and Kennedy makes a boldly ambitious attempt to tell it - THE SUNDAY TIMESMr Kennedy tells a remarkable tale with skill and authority - THE ECONOMISTThe Great Arab Conquests is history at its most vivid and enthralling.. a truly magnificent achievement. - THE NEW STATESMENfascinating and well-written - The GUARDIANa superb history - THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
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