King
By: Riad Nourallah
Publisher: Quartet
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780704373181
Subjects: Princes; Fiction; Revenge
Description: A prince in pre-Islamic Arabia must leave his carefree life to avenge the murder of his father by a rival Arab tribe allied to Persia. Betrayed from within and without, he travels to Constantinople, the 'New Rome', where, at the imperial court of Justinian and Theodora, he pleads for political and military support--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-306).