About the Author

Benson Bobrick is the author of several acclaimed works, including Wide as the Waters: The Story of the English Bible and the Revolution It Inspired. In 2002 he received the Literature Award of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. He lives in Vermont.

Reviews

"What a great read! Benson Bobrick does full justice to the cultural currents that make the Baghdad of The Arabian Nights so vital to world history. At the same time, he gives us healthy dollops of all the sex, intrigue, and other spicy shenanigans that most historians leave out. This scintillating book achieves a rare blend of storytelling gusto and intellectual depth, reminding us on every page that human history is just that--human."--Colin Wells, author of Sailing from Byzantium