{"product_id":"the-infidels-paperback","title":"The Infidels - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoe David\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoe David's latest book is in the great tradition of novels like \u003cem\u003eForty Days of Musa Dagh\u003c\/em\u003e and histories like the Rape of Nanking. It reveals the scars of brutality and inhumanity as history intersects with the ordinary lives of innocent people. -- \u003cstrong\u003eEditor George Thomas Kurian, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe World Christian Encyclopedia\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford University Press, 2001), \u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eNelson New Christian Dictionary\u003c\/em\u003e (Thomas Nelson, 2002)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI found Joe David's version of a rarely discussed genocide, the plotted murder of the Assyrians by the Kurds and the Turks during World War I, to be thoroughly engrossing. In writing his novel, David not only demonstrates a significant knowledge of the customs and history of the times, but he also vividly brings to life the past in an exciting and meaningful way. -- \u003cstrong\u003eAnahit Khosroeva, PhD, \u003c\/strong\u003eSenior Researcher, Institute of History, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Great War began with two shots: one aimed at the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Hapsburg throne, and the other aimed at his wife, Sophie. What many thought would be just another Balkan squabble quickly escalated into a major war felt around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs Europe burst into flames and millions of soldiers began battling the forces of nationalism, the Ottoman Turks joined arms with the Germans and extended the conflict to their longtime enemies, the Russians and the Christians. Incited by secular leaders in Constantinople, northwestern Persia became a warzone in which radical religious tribes invaded Christian villages and systematically martyred hundreds of thousands of 'infidels\" who dared to resist conversion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn a small slice of ancient, isolated land owned by a wealthy Assyrian family, a young Christian girl awakens to the brutal massacre of her race in a war that she is too young to understand. Stripped of her privileged and comfortable existence, pursued by a Muslim governor - a symbol of the rising new world order - and surrounded by hostility and greed, deep-sated hatred and unspeakable horrors, she must somehow come to terms with the nightmare that her life has become. http: \/\/www.bfat.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 286\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42129647272071,"sku":"9780939360086","price":18.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/2e9891bb85f3098f4e415865cddf796f.webp?v=1732604663","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-infidels-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}