Bradley Steffens: The Prisoner of Al Hakim

Cover: 9781682060162 | The Prisoner of Al Hakim | Bradley Steffens | Taschenbuch | Englisch

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Despite being one of the most brilliant mathematicians in the Abbasid caliphate, Alhasan Ibn al-Haytham makes a quiet living in Basra as a scholar and copyist. He's preparing to write a new treatise on vision and light when a strange man wearing unusual clothes kidnaps him and takes him to Cairo, for a meeting with the caliph, Al-Hakim. The “mad king” of the Fatimid caliphate wants Alhasan to utilize his brilliance to dam the mighty Nile River.

What follows is the kind of adventure that the quiet, reserved Alhasan could never have imagined. Alhasan's incredible journey will lead him to the brink of ruin – and perhaps to his most monumental discovery. A novel about one of history's most overlooked scholars, The Prisoner of Al-Hakim is filled with vivid characters, thrilling scenes, and rich philosophical debates. It's a story about how love, faith, and knowledge are ultimately intertwined, and tells us as much about our contemporary times as about bygone eras.

Über den Autor

Bradley Steffens is an award-winning poet, playwright, and author of more than 30 nonfiction books for children and young adults. He is a two-time winner of the San Diego Book Award for Best Children's and Young Adult Nonfiction: His Giants won the 2005 award, and his J.K. Rowling garnered the 2007 prize. He also received the 2007 Theodor S. Geisel Award for best book by a San Diego County author that year. This is his first novel.

Details

Empfohlen (bis):	12
Empfohlen (von):	8
Erscheinungsjahr:	2017
Genre:	Importe , Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik:	Belletristik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781682060162
ISBN-10:	1682060160
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Steffens, Bradley
Hersteller:	Paramus Publishing
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 18 mm
Von/Mit:	Bradley Steffens
Erscheinungsdatum:	02.05.2017
Gewicht:	0,399 kg