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Accused of mocking the inviolate codes of Islam, the Persian poet and sage Omar Khayyam fortuitously finds sympathy with the very man who is to judge his alleged crimes. Recognising genuis, the judge decides to spare him and gives him instead a small, blank book, encouraging him to confine his thoughts to it alone. Thus begins the seamless blend of fact and fiction that is Samarkand. Vividly re-creating the history of the manuscript of the Rubaiyaat of Omar Khayyam, Amin Maalouf spans continents and centuries with breathtaking vision: the dusky exoticism of 11th-century Persia, with its poetesses and assassins; the same country's struggles nine hundred years later, seen through the eyes of an American academic obsessed with finding the original manuscript; and the fated maiden voyage of the Titanic, whose tragedy led to the Rubaiyaat's final resting place - all are brought to life with keen assurance by this gifted and award-winning writer.
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Gregory Buss
reviewed Samarkand on February 18, 2012 Samarkand
One of the best historical novel that i have read,an extraordinary one,i really admire it,,,,
the passionate love story of Omar Khayyam and Jahan the poet at the court of Samarkand and this nine-years love that end in the most tragic way....
before reading this novel i only thought that Omar Khayyam was only a great persian poet,and surprisingly i discovered he was philosopher and teacher,Astronomer Mathematician and ALGEBRA LEADER and agreat scientist.....
alot of historical information about Seljuq emperors ,Genghis Khan and the Mongol invasions that resulted in the destruction of cities like Rey,Balkh and Merv and BAGHDAD.....
Hassan-Sabbah and his castle Alamut the misconception between the two terms Hashshashin and Assassins....
soo many historical knowledge ,will make me pick many books to read more about all this stuff...
THE debate about wether the Rubáiyát was his or attributed to him...
if it was his ,was it symbolic for sufi teaching....
Shireen, the persian princess who cannot face life without the manuscript, deserts her American lover , and he keeps reading her letters to be sure that this love story has ever existed one day.....!
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