The Islam Quintet
Tariq Ali's acclaimed series of five novels addressing the long history of the clash of Islam and the West. Together the novels form an epic panorama that begins in fifteenth-century Moorish Spain with Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree, and closes in the twenty-first century cities of Lahore, London, Paris and Beijing with Night of the Golden Butterfly.
Books in this series
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The Book of Saladin
by Tariq Ali
A rich and teeming chronicle set in Cairo, Damascus and Jerusalem.
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Night of the Golden Butterfly
by Tariq Ali
The final volume in Tariq Ali's acclaimed cycle of historical novels, The Islam Quintet.
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Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree
by Tariq Ali
“An enthralling story, unraveled with thrift and verve.”—Independent
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The Stone Woman
by Tariq Ali
"Ali spins a web of tales that is as inventive and fantastical as the Arabian nights."—The Times
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A Sultan in Palermo
by Tariq Ali
Set in medieval Palermo, this is the fourth novel in Tariq Ali's celebrated Islam Quintet.