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The conquest of Andalusia / Jurji Zaidan ; translated from Arabic with afterword and study guide by Roger Allen ; sponsored and with an introduction by the Zaidan Foundation.
- Title
- The conquest of Andalusia / Jurji Zaidan ; translated from Arabic with afterword and study guide by Roger Allen ; sponsored and with an introduction by the Zaidan Foundation.
- Author
- Publication
- Bethesda, MD : Zaidan Foundation, 2010.
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| Text | Request in advance | PJ7876.A9 F3213 2010 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xv, 369 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "It is Christmas Day in the year 710 AD in Toledo, capital of Visigoth Spain. King Wittiza has been dethroned, and the impulsive and tyrannical Roderic has been installed as monarch of Spain with the help of the Catholic clergy. Even so, Bishop Oppas, the deposed king's brother, is to remain as the senior ecclesiastical figure in Spain during King Roderic's reign. The beautiful Florinda is the daughter of Count Julian, the governor of Sabta, a Christian enclave in Muslim North Africa. She is madly in love and engaged to the charismatic and courageous Alfonso, son of the deposed king. But she has been moved into King Roderic's palace where she is the target of the new king's lustful desires, even though he is married. And Alfonso has been kept as a retainer in the palace so that his comings and goings can be monitored. Will Florinda manage to thwart the lascivious advances of the depraved king? Will Alfonso be able to foil the king's designs? And how will Florinda's father, Count Julian, react when he learns of Roderic's evil plans towards his daughter? What role will Bishop Oppas play -- torn as he is between loyalty to Visigoth Spain and faithfulness to his values and his family? The fast-paced story, full of twists and turns, unfolds as the Muslim armies in North Africa are poised to cross the Straits of Gibraltar and gain their first European foothold in what came to be called the land of al-Andalus. The Conquest of Andalusia is also the story of the battle for Florinda's virtue and happiness ..."--Book Description.
- Series Statement
- Novels of Islamic history in translation series
- Uniform Title
- فتح الأندلس، أو، طارق بن زياد. أنجليزي
- Fatḥ al-Andalus, aw, Ṭāriq ibn Ziyād. English
- Novels of Islamic history in translation series
- Alternative Title
- فتح الأندلس، أو، طارق بن زياد.
- Fatḥ al-Andalus, aw, Ṭāriq ibn Ziyād.
- طارق بن زياد.
- Ṭāriq ibn Ziyād.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Historical fiction
- Romance fiction
- Fiction
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 9780615499598
- 0615499597
- OCLC
- 769114086
- SCSB-12222876
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library