num_pages: 79
description: The stories of Mull Husayn Qudds Thirih Vahd Hujjat Zaynab and other early Bbis vibrantly retold.All was quiet along the army lines as the sleepy soldiers settled in for a cold dark winters night. Not so with the oppressed band of defenders behind the walls they had built; all were alert and ready for action their eyes fixed upon the man in their midst who was the most valiant warrior among them. He was more awake than he had ever been in his life  every nerve of his body surging with energy he was ready for action . . .Here are the men and women who took up the Cause of the Bb whose revelation in 1844 was to shake the very foundations of the land of its birth and reach every corner of the globe initiating a new era in human civilization. It called forth a band of souls of matchless spiritual strength  the Heroes of the New Age. The stories of Mull Husayn Qudds Thirih Vahd Hujjat the maid Zaynab the youth Ans the seven Heroes of God at Tehran and the many other heroes of Tabars Nayrz and Zanjn are vibrantly retold here by Edward Diliberto.Includes questions for discussion on each chapter.
language: English
title: Heroes of the New Age
publisher: George Ronald Publisher Ltd