A History of the Arab Peoples no-tag dark humour and devastating detail

dark humour and devastating detail – of a country adapting

Drawing on the archives of the Tolkien collections at the Bodleian Libraries

With pull-out letters and a magnifying glass for little ones to peek through

He intimately details what it was like to lose both his father and best friend to addiction and how he began to repair his relationship with his mom as an adult

A History of the Arab Peoples no-tag dark humour and devastating detailIn a bestselling work of profound and lasting importance, the late Albert Hourani told the definitive history of the Arab peoples from the seventh century, when the new religion of Islam began to spread from the Arabian peninsula westwards, to the present day. It is a masterly distillation of a lifetime of scholarship and a unique insight into a perpetually troubled region. This updated edition by Malise Ruthven adds a substantial new chapter which