In the Shadow of the Sword The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire

A thrillingly panoramic and incredibly timely account of the rise of Islam from the acclaimed author of Rubicon and Persian Fire. The evolution of the Arab empire is one of the supreme narratives of ancient history a story dazzlingly rich in drama character and achievement. In this exciting and sweeping history—the third in his trilogy of books on the ancient world—Holland describes how the Arabs emerged to carve out a stupefyingly vast dominion in a matter of decades overcoming seemingly insupe...See More