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Gavin Baddeley and Paul Woods.
God’s Assassins: The Medieval Roots of Terrorism.
Published Hersham: Ian Allan, 2009.
Series: Devil’s Histories.
ISBN 9780711034099.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printer: CPI Mackays, Chatham.
Size: 151x228x20mm.
Page count: 265pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition very good: this copy is unused, but with some shop wear; some mild scuffs on the covers, a little wear on the edges and corners.

This item £5.00
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[Publisher’s price £14.99]
Weight without packaging: 375g.

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Discusses the cult of the Assassins as a precursor of modern jihadi practice, and explores its influence on modern conspiracy theories.

Contents: Between broadsword & scimitar; Backstabbing for fun & profit; 1st jihad?; Castle of death; Arrival of the Assassins; Voice in the wilderness; The Hashishim; The knife tested; Looking away from mecca; A theory about conspiracies; The astrologer, the goldsmith & the alchemist; From Alamut to Manchuria; Old Man of the Mountain; Wrath of God; Conclusion — mass murder in Paradise.

Notes: no
Tables: no
Illustrations: no
Maps & plans: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 3pp
Index: yes

See also | Medievalism | Islamic studies |
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