Author: Catherwood, Christopher

The religious zeal and sectarian strife that set ablaze the opening years of the new millennium are only the latest chapter of a story that began centuries ago. Based on exhaustive research, a renowned historian vividly recounts the saga of passion, prejudice, and imperialism that laid the foundation for our own troubled age, including the spread of Islam and its division into Shiite and Sunni factions, the Christian Crusades, the Reformation wars between Catholics and Protestants, and the endless conflicts of the modern age. 320 pp.