MOORISH SPAIN

Beginning in the year 711 and continuing for nearly a thousand years, the Islamic presence in Spain at times flourished and at other times dwindled into warring fiefdoms. But the culture and science thereby brought to Spain had an enduring impact on the country as it emerged from the Dark Ages into the modern era. In this gracefully written history, Richard Fletcher reveals the Moorish culture in all its fascinating disparity and gives us history at its best: vivid storytelling by a renowned scholar.