Ghada Karmi
Murjana : a Novel of Medieval Baghdad
- ISBN 13:
- 9781623716646
- author:
- Ghada Karmi
- format:
- Trade Paperback
- publisher:
- Interlink Publishing Group, Incorporated
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2025
- Pages:
- 248
- Genre:
- Romance / Historical / Medieval Fiction
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
A tale of love and passion in medieval Baghdad unfolds in this novel. It is spring of the year 830, and the city is one of the world's most glorious, with its ruler championing reason and knowledge against ignorance and superstition. The Caliph's court is a vibrant academy of poets, musicians, philosophers, and theologians, but beneath its surface, seeds of future strife are sown. The story of a passionate love that ends in murder is set against this backdrop, as a mysterious illness strikes the Caliph, diagnosed as a love-sickness for a beautiful young woman named Murjana. The novel explores the power of passion to erase boundaries, but also the danger of enmity and vengeance that can reveal the futility of division and conflict.
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