TY - BOOK AU - Shea,Robert TI - The Saracen: The Holy War AV - PS PY - 2009/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Historical fiction N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Saracen; Release date is 2009-04-06; Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net; Original publication data not identified N2 - "The Saracen: The Holy War" by Robert Shea is a novel written in the late 20th century. This historical adventure follows Daoud ibn Abdullah, an English-born captive raised as a Muslim warrior and trained by the Hashishyya assassins. Sent to the Papal Court in 13th-century Orvieto as a spy, he must prevent an alliance between Christian Europe and the Mongol empire that threatens to destroy Islam and conquer the Holy Land. Blending historical figures like Thomas Aquinas and Baibars with fictional characters, the novel explores secret societies and religious conflict during the Crusades. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28516 ER -