The Islam Quintet: Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree (Paperback)

from druidgirl

This was a story of one family's fight to keep their religion and not have to convert to become Christians. They wanted the right to practice their Muslim religion. Umar the father is very rich and will not convert nor will his two daughters or his two sons, they want to be able to practice freel...

from DeltaQueen50

The historical novel, The Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree by Tariq Ali tells of the Reconquest of Spain during the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella in the 1500s. The Reconquest was the absorbing or eliminating of Jews and Muslims from Christian lands. Although the Moors had allowed all religions t...

from rboyechko

The writing style was a little tough at times, and the poetry is far from excellent, but overall I would recommend the book to those interested in history, especially that of Moorish Spain around the time of Reconquista. The book is very emotional, and had me close to tearing up by the end. It al...

from pbjwelch

The first of a series of novels by Tariq Ali that describe historical events through the artifice of fictional or semi-fictional and some historical players. The first in the series is an easy-to-read account of the tragic aftermath of the Reconquista of the Iberian Peninsula by King Ferdinand an...