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In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire Tapa dura – 15 mayo 2012

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The acclaimed author of Rubicon and other superb works of popular history now produces a thrillingly panoramic (and incredibly timely) account of the rise of Islam.

No less significant than the collapse of the Roman Republic or the Persian invasion of Greece, the evolution of the Arab empire is one of the supreme narratives of ancient history, a story dazzlingly rich in drama, character, and achievement. Just like the Romans, the Arabs came from nowhere to carve out a stupefyingly vast dominionexcept that they achieved their conquests not over the course of centuries as the Romans did but in a matter of decades. Just like the Greeks during the Persian wars, they overcame seemingly insuperable odds to emerge triumphant against the greatest empire of the daynot by standing on the defensive, however, but by hurling themselves against all who lay in their path.

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15 mayo 2012
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16.46 x 4.34 x 24.28 cm
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0385531354
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978-0385531351
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Historian Tom Holland is the author of the works of history Rubicon, Persian Fire, and The Forge of Christendom. He reviews regularly for the TLS, and has adapted Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides, and Virgil for BBC Radio. Rubicon was short-listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize and won the 2004 Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History, and Persian Fire won the Anglo-Hellenic Leagues 2006 Runciman Award.

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Editorial ‏ : ‎ Doubleday (15 mayo 2012)
Idioma ‏ : ‎ Inglés
Tapa dura ‏ : ‎ 526 páginas
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0385531354
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0385531351
Peso del producto ‏ : ‎ 934 g
Dimensiones ‏ : ‎ 16.46 x 4.34 x 24.28 cm

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Julio Ichaso

Intenso análisis del origen del éxito del islam

Revisado en España 🇪🇸 el 3 de noviembre de 2022

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Se nota que el autor es una autoridad y está documentadísimo. El libro es "duro", sólo apto para iniciados. Se diría no obstante que se recrea bastante en su propia erudición o, más bien, en sus propias hipótesis ya que el propio autor explica que no hay fuentes escritas fiables que expliquen el nacimiento del islam, por lo que el esfuerzo argumentativo es forzosamente grande. Abstenerse los que busquen entretenerse.

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GarethGray

Clouds of grandiloquence

Revisado en el Reino Unido 🇬🇧 el 21 de diciembre de 2018

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I got the sample on Kindle, which was mostly the very long introduction, and though I was put off by Holland’s pompous and extravagant style, it did grip me, because he seemed to be erecting the scaffolding for a careful and thorough exploration of the murky origins of Islam. “He does go on a bit,” I thought, “but never mind, this is interesting stuff.”

But then the clouds of grandiloquence did not clear into any kind of lucid narrative, of the sort that thrilled in “Rubicon”. It seemed Holland had just fallen in love with his own voice, and couldn’t stop his compulsive, generalised fancifying of what people were thinking and feeling 1,600 years ago. Ornate and convoluted sentences notwithstanding, the tone was of cheap, florid historical fiction. He seemed to cluck with self-satisfaction at the sheer immensity of the paragraphs.

I got a refund.

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Kieron

Excellent work by Holland

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This book took Holland twice as long to write (6 years) than his usual work because he assumed there would be plenty of accessible evidence and documentation to digest and work through, but no, very little existed, so he was searching for 'evidence' that did not exist. In many ways similar to the Jesus story, nothing seemed to be written about Muhammad and Mecca while he was alive, it all came decades after. The late Dr Patricia Crone has similar issues when she did similar research. Does raise many questions as history certainly was being recorded at the time, but nothing about this monumental event we are told occurred. A great read, and only criticism is that it could have been a tad shorter, and I would say that if anyone has problems getting past the first 100 pages, then read the last 100 pages first, it is well worth it,.

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Chris

Four stars probably is generous

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The book consists of three parts, part one being a single chapter introducing the "purpose" of the rest of the work. I feel a bit like Holland real got into or really wanted to write the first & third parts but to make a book of it also had to include some other material. The opening sixty pages will prove facinating to most readers, as will the closing hundred-&-fifty or so. The material would intrigue alone, then it's well structured, clearly presented and more than well written enough

However, the whole middle section - from page 60 to 300 - I found a bit of a slog. It's just a mess really. A strange combination of things that are too broadly sweeping mixed randomly with overly detailed accounts of things that don't go anywhere.

The material itself is interesting enough and covers a neglected period but it just isn't well told or made into a coherant structure. If it suits the story you're telling you can jump around with the timeline but be clear about it and have a purpose

This is an incredably deeply researched scholarly work, the middle section is littered with references, and the depth of background undderstanding is testified to in the wealth of footnotes (I lose track with a Kindle but it looked like two or three endnotes a page through the middle part). Unfortunately that research hasn't always translated into a tale worth telling. A lot I ploughed through like reading a chronicle. What was good was a joy to read; what wasn't, wasn't.

I wanted to mention the scholarship particularly given a previous reviewer's comments below. King attacks the one point where Holland really is unassailable. If you want a story, if you want a fun read then this probably isn't the book for you. Yet you can't complaint the author doesn't know his material. He's steeped in it. I guess King has his reasons for wanting to believe that - & wanting other people to believe it - just like I guess he has his reasons for that gratuitous swipe at the Hindoos. Though that can't make it true. Holland knows the primary texts, I just wish he could have translated that into something better for the long middle section

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Lamu Hermit

Good read from a fascinating part of history

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An excellent read, which attempts to describe in detail the regional history and prevailing culture at the time of Mohamed's existence in the Arabian Peninsular. The book tries to assess the arrival of Islam asking the awkward question: did the Arab Empire create Islam or did Islam create the Arab Empire?

For me, the one let down in this book is that Tom Holland is very selective about his choice of examples from history and is extremely erratic in his selections from history. This is confusing for the reader and even encourages one to believe that he is simply picking examples that support his various arguments - true or not. Tom Holland knows well that there are many people keen to pick holes in his beliefs and therefore he should be alot clearer and more honest in his presentation.

That said, I recommend this book for a different view on an extremely interesting and influential part of history which still has consequences on our lives today.

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Oil painter

Good book, good insights. Worth the read.

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It's good. It's worth the read. Its something that needs to be talked about. I learned a lot about the history of the time prior to the Arab empire. A transition of rival clans to a people who coalesced into an empire.

The received tradition of the origins of Islam being born in the full light of history is certainly false. The first histories about this vague figure called Mohammed were wrote between 200 - 300 years after the life of this figure, hence there is no certainty as to who he really was.

There was some sort of Mohammed but the recieved tradition as to who he was is very much open to doubt. The koran only mentions the name Mohamed 4 times. Mohammed means the praised one. "This praised one" could even of been referring to Jesus, it's hard to know. We cant be certain about the begging of Islam because its seems that the histories concerning Mohammed have been revised by later Arab scholars.

Tom Holland in his English way describes what we know of the origins of islam from a historical academic point of view. His history and his conclusion may scare some people but if truth is what you want then be brave and read this book.

Islam is about to experience what the Christian world did over 150 years ago, a total unrelenting sceptical criticism of its truth claim and its origin. If you are interested in either history generally or the origins of Islam specifically then Tom Holland's book is a good place to start your journey.

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