Project Gutenberg 2009-04-06 Copyrighted. Read the copyright notice inside this book for details. 109 Shea, Robert 1933 1994 Shea, Robert Joseph Shea, Robert J. The Saracen: The Holy War Reading ease score: 83.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Saracen: The Holy War" by Robert Shea is a historical novel written in the late 20th century. The story revolves around Daoud ibn Abdallah, a former English crusader raised among Muslims, as he navigates complex political landscapes and loyalties during the 13th century amidst threats from both Tartar and Christian forces. The narrative explores themes of identity, faith, and the ruthless intrigue of war in a richly drawn historical setting. At the start of the novel, Daoud lies wounded after a failed mission to assassinate Tartar ambassadors in a palace attack. Through a series of flashbacks, readers learn about his past, his conversion to Islam, and the dire political circumstances he faces as he attempts to thwart a potential alliance between the Tartar Khan and the Christians. He is accompanied by Sophia, a Byzantine woman whose complex feelings for Daoud and a young nobleman, Simon de Gobignon, add emotional depth to the story. As Daoud grapples with his sense of failure and the urgent need to protect his people, the tension mounts, suggesting that the struggle between faiths and loyalties will be pivotal to the unfolding drama. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Historical fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 913916 913774 2024-10-12T10:00:38.277875 2023-09-12T12:30:09.757874 text/html text/html 927498 2009-04-06T11:33:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 339920 2009-04-06T11:33:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 426715 2024-10-12T10:00:56.896729 application/epub+zip 439286 2024-10-12T10:00:42.406819 application/epub+zip 437789 2024-10-12T10:00:40.403840 application/epub+zip 769160 2024-10-12T10:01:05.226690 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 709788 2024-10-12T10:00:55.069742 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 649956 2022-09-13T09:35:47.304419 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 862298 862207 2024-10-12T10:00:34.407876 2023-09-12T12:30:06.454832 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 863522 2009-04-06T11:33:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 326990 2009-04-06T11:33:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 863515 2009-04-06T11:33:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 326943 2009-04-06T11:33:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21753 2024-10-12T10:01:05.394842 application/rdf+xml 13601 2024-10-12T10:00:41.144799 image/jpeg 3934 2024-10-12T10:00:40.697819 image/jpeg 406966 2024-10-12T10:00:38.358825 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia