A History of the Muslim World

“A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year”“A timely, wide-ranging examination of the Muslim world… . Cook’s study sheds crucial light on Islamic development across borders and centuries.” * Kirkus Reviews *“Cook tours the globe, bringing cultures and customs to life in evocative detail… . An accessible history of the Muslim world.” * Publishers Weekly *“Glorious… . Necessarily a dense work, it is also delightful in its sheer scope and variety. This is especially true in a writer as witty as Cook, who sustains a breezy, Socratic style throughout… . The payoff for writing a book this ambitious and successful is that, for anyone interested in the history of Islam, Cook is now a must-read.”—Andrew Bernard, Washington Examiner”[A History of the Muslim World] is truly a tour de force… . An invitation to take advantage of a lifetime of scholarship … packaged for consumption by readers of every background and interest.” * Choice Reviews *“

A fascinating work. It is written in a lucid and witty style that always tempts you to carry on reading to the bottom of the page, and then to turn over to the next one.

Michael Cook is the Class of 1943 University Professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University. His books include Ancient Religions, Modern Politics: The Islamic Case in Comparative Perspective (Princeton), A Brief History of the Human Race, and The Koran: A Very Short Introduction.