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Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree is a historical novel by British Pakistani writer Tariq Ali, first published in 1992. The first of Ali's Islam quintet, a series of historical novels about the confrontations between Islamic and Christian cultures, this novel is set shortly after the reconquista of Kingdom of Granada in Muslim Iberia by the army ...
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Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree is the first in Tariq Ali's Islam Quintet. Set in Granada, Spain, at the beginning of the 16th century, we see the beginning of the Spanish Inquisition, as seen through the eyes of a wealthy Muslim family.
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Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree by British author and historian Tariq Ali is the first book in a five-part series about the history of the clash between Islamic and Christian empires, and the rise and fall of Islam.
Oct 15, 2013 · The savagery of the Reconquest tore apart the world of the Banu Hudayl family. For the doomed Muslims of late-fifteenth-century Spain, the approaching forces of Christendom bring not peace but the sword.
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About Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree. Tariq Ali tells us the story of the aftermath of the fall of Granada by narrating a family sage of those who tried to survive after the collapse of their world.
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Jul 14, 2022 · Shadows of the pomegranate tree. by. Ali, Tariq. Publication date. 1993. Topics. Muslims -- Spain -- History -- 16th century -- Fiction, Spain -- History -- Ferdinand and Isabella, 1479-1516 -- Fiction. Publisher. London ; New York : Verso.
Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree. Tariq Ali. Verso, 1993 - Fiction - 242 pages. Tariq Ali tells us the story of the aftermath of the fall of Granada by narrating a family sage of those who tried...
