The Assassins: A Radical Sect in Islam by Bernard Lewis

The Assassins: A Radical Sect in Islam

Bernard Lewis

176 pages first pub 1967 (editions)

nonfiction history religion informative slow-paced
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From a master historian, the definitive account of history's first terrorists An offshoot of the Ismaili Shi'ite sect of Islam, the Assassins were the first group to make systematic use of murder as a political weapon. Established in Iran and Syr...

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