The Library Mule of Cordoba

In 976, the Caliphate of Al-Andalus, Spain, faces a threat to its library of 400,000 books. The illegitimate pretender's supporters want to burn the books, but the head librarian, Tarid, gathers them up and loads them onto a mule. Joined by a copyist and a thief, Tarid and the mule embark on a madcap adventure across Spain, pursued by Berber mercenaries.

Format: Hardback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 17 September 2024
Publisher: Ablaze, LLC

The Caliphate of Al-Andalus, Spain, 976, was a period of peace, culture, and science for nearly sixty years. The Caliph Abd al-Rahman III and his son al-Hakam II made Cordoba the Western capital of learning. However, al-Hakam II died young, and his son was only ten years old. One of his viziers, Amir, seized the opportunity to take power. Radical clergymen, in exchange for their support of the illegitimate pretender, wanted to see the 400,000 books in Cordobas library burn! The night before the biggest bonfire ever, the head librarian, a chubby eunuch named Tarid, gathered up all the books he could and loaded them onto the back of a passing mule. He took off in the hopes of saving what he could of universal knowledge. Joined by a young copyist and a former apprentice who went on to become a thief and vagabond, Tarid and his lazy, over-burdened bibliomule set out on a madcap adventure: crossing nearly all of Spain with Berber mercenaries in hot pursuit!

Weight: 738g
Dimension: 265 x 176 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781684972791