The Assassins - Holy Killers of Islam

Edward Burman

The Aquarian Press

1987

208 páginas

6h 56m

ISBN-10: 1852740272

Edward Burman draws on this research, and his own detailed knowledge of the Middle East, to present an engrossing history of the Assassins, from their rise in the twelfth century under the dynamic leadership of Hasan-i Sabbah and Rashid al-Din Sinan (The 'Old Man of the Mountains') to their defeat, decline and eventual re-emergence in India in the nineteenth century. He also documents the impact of the Assassins on the Western imagination and finally lays to rest many of the myths and legends that have grown up around them.