The Prophet`s Scribe
Legend has it that an unconventional monk, Sergius, lover and champion of the people, helped shape the life of the only man to have ever founded both a religion and a state, the Prophet Mohammed. According to ancient and forgotten tales, it was Sergius, sometimes referred to as Bahira, who first hailed Mohammed a prophet and who scribed the suras that form the Koran. Drawing on a wealth of historical sources, some of them little known, Osman Kartal has written a dramatic, fictionalised account of the relationship between Sergius and Mohammed. His novel paints a compelling picture of the passionate and turbulent times in which the Islamic religion was founded, bringing order to the desert regions and beyond, and vividly changing the whole...
Дата выхода: январь 2009
