by Robert Lacey · Harcourt Trade Publishers · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780006365099
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«The Kingdom» is the historical essay by Robert Lacey, published by Harcourt Trade Publishers in paperback (630 pages, in English).
The book narrates the history of Saudi Arabia as a country and as a dynasty: from goat-hair tents to dominance of financial markets, with Islamic law and public executions as the framework. Lacey describes the rise of the Saud family from poverty and its alliance with a strict form of Islam.
Originally published in 1981; this edition includes black-and-white illustrations, maps, bibliography and index.
Recommended for readers interested in the history of the Middle East, Islam and the formation of the Saudi state.
Colonel Lacey Robert Johnson (1855–1915) was a Canadian Pacific Railway pioneer.
