Great Arab Conquests(ISBN=9780306817403)

　　In this engaging history, world-renowned historian Hugh Kennedy deftly sews together the stories of the people, armies, and events that conquered an area from Spain to China in just over 100 years.

　　Hugh Kennedy studied Arabic at the Middle East Centre for Arabic Studies before reading Arabic, Persian and History at Cambridge. Since 1972 he has taught in the Department of Mediaeval History at the University of St. Andrews. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2000. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

　　"An exciting story gets extra colour thanks to Kennedy's ease with the sources" (THE SCOTSMAN )"The story of the Arab conquests is a dramatic one and Kennedy makes a boldly ambitious attempt to tell it" (THE SUNDAY TIMES )"Mr Kennedy tells a remarkable tale with skill and authority" (THE ECONOMIST )"The Great Arab Conquests is history at its most vivid and enthralling.. a truly magnificent achievement." (THE NEW STATESMEN )"fascinating and well-written" (The GUARDIAN )"a superb history" (THE DAILY TELEGRAPH ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.