Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time (Paperback)

from Eoin

A fine, not great, short biography of Muhammad. The research is better than the prose and the prose moves along fine. A few tricky moments where Armstrong seems to be suggesting a knowledge of the divine, but only a few. An acceptable contribution to the Eminent Lives.

from nmele

Not nearly as engaging or well-written as her earlier biography of the prophet.

from sarhan

Muhammad presents a fascinating portrait of the founder of a religion that continues to grow at a very fast speed in spite of all obstacles' like the terrorists" western terminology" attached to anything which has been acted by minority of Muslim, and so on, I can forecast with full confidence th...

from datrappert

I listened to the audio version of this, read by the author. Once you get past her very peculiar British accent and her pronunciation of some common words in ways I have never before heard (I'm not saying she's wrong mind you -- but she's definitely in the minority), this book provides a decent, ...

from NewsieQ

This short biography of the founder of Islam covers the main points of his life - and the author takes great pains to avoid speculation and putting words into the mouth of her subject. The book was selected by our non-fiction book discussion group and I must say I would not have picked this book ...