The Peace - Laury Silvers

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Résumé :
A fitting end for Zaytuna. Karen Heenan, author of The Tudor Court Series _________________ Baghdad, 296 Hijri (909 CE) When an unscrupulous young scholar who claims to possess a controversial Quran manuscript goes missing, most of his colleagues are only too happy to see him gone. Is he merely drunk in one of Baghdad's gambling houses? Is he hiding while he considers what to do with the manuscript? Or is his life in danger for the claim of having the manuscript at all? A friend of the missing man asks Mustafa for help, pulling Tein, Ammar, and Zaytuna into a case that forces them to make choices threatening their hard won peace. A fitting end for Zaytuna, who would never take the short road to happiness, and an engrossing mystery that reveals an unknown history of the Quran. - Karen Heenan, author of The Tudor Court Series With The Peace, the final book in her Sufi Mystery series, Laury Silvers delivers the complete package. An intriguing mystery, enchanting characters, and a historical setting all combine to create a wonderful read. - Richard Marcus, Blogcritics Completely engrossing and richly atmospheric. Tenth century Baghdad comes alive through the eyes of a dazzling cast of characters. - Ausma Zehanat Khan, author of Blackwater Falls, The Getty-Khattak Mysteries and The Khorasan Archives Silvers brings to life complex and consequential debates within specialized scholarly circles of Quran reciters of tenth century Baghdad. - Marijn van Putten, Leiden University...

Biographie:
Laury Silvers is a North American Muslim, raised in the United States but finally at home in Canada. Her research and publications as a historian of religion focused on early Islam, early Sufism, and early pious and Sufi women. She taught at Skidmore College and the University of Toronto. Silvers also published work engaging Islam and Gender in North America in academic journals and popular venues, was actively involved in the woman-led prayer movement, and co-founded the Toronto Unity Mosque. She has since retired from academia and activism and hopes her novels continue her scholarship and activism in their own way. She lives in Toronto under Treaty 13....

Sommaire:
A fitting end for Zaytuna. Karen Heenan, author of The Tudor Court Series _________________ Baghdad, 296 Hijri (909 CE) When an unscrupulous young scholar who claims to possess a controversial Quran manuscript goes missing, most of his colleagues are only too happy to see him gone. Is he merely drunk in one of Baghdad's gambling houses? Is he hiding while he considers what to do with the manuscript? Or is his life in danger for the claim of having the manuscript at all? A friend of the missing man asks Mustafa for help, pulling Tein, Ammar, and Zaytuna into a case that forces them to make choices threatening their hard won peace. A fitting end for Zaytuna, who would never take the short road to happiness, and an engrossing mystery that reveals an unknown history of the Quran. - Karen Heenan, author of The Tudor Court Series With The Peace, the final book in her Sufi Mystery series, Laury Silvers delivers the complete package. An intriguing mystery, enchanting characters, and a historical setting all combine to create a wonderful read. - Richard Marcus, Blogcritics Completely engrossing and richly atmospheric. Tenth century Baghdad comes alive through the eyes of a dazzling cast of characters. - Ausma Zehanat Khan, author of Blackwater Falls, The Getty-Khattak Mysteries and The Khorasan Archives Silvers brings to life complex and consequential debates within specialized scholarly circles of Quran reciters of tenth century Baghdad. - Marijn van Putten, Leiden University...