{"product_id":"the-travels-of-ibn-thomas-paperback","title":"The Travels of Ibn Thomas - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Hutson-Wiley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'There's just so much to like in The Travels of ibn Thomas that I consider it a favorite and would definitely love to read it again.'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Readers' Favorite\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A very well-tailored and put together work of historical fiction.'\u003c\/strong\u003e BooksGoSocial\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Teeming with vividly-drawn characters, among them pirates, assassins and crusaders, and driven by Thoma's desire to discover what became of his father, and by his identity struggles, this is alive with intrigue and pacey adventure.'\u003c\/strong\u003e LoveReading\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'The narrative of this novel swept me away. Hutson-Wiley's crystalline prose and his intuitive understanding of what makes history worth reading made this book unputdownable. This is a story that not only captured my attention from the opening sentence but continued to hold it until the final full stop. This book is, in all ways, a Historical Fiction triumph.'\u003c\/strong\u003e The Coffee Pot Book Club\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThoma, the son of Thomas, the Sugar Merchant, born in Egypt but raised in England, is sent to the famous Salernitan Medical School to train as a physician in the early twelfth century. In Sicily, he saves the life of a prince and becomes court physician. But disaster strikes; escaping from Sicily, he is captured by pirates, befriends an assassin, and is plunged into political and religious turmoil in the Holy Land following the first crusade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe adventures of a man torn between religious and political loyalties, and embroiled in international conflict and intrigue, \u003cem\u003eThe Travels of ibn Thomas\u003c\/em\u003e, the second book in the series that began with \u003cem\u003eThe Sugar Merchant\u003c\/em\u003e, is a gripping story of one man's life, and a fascinating glimpse into the tumultuous twelfth century commercial and scientific revolution when the three Abrahamic faiths meet in both cooperation and deadly conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 29, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42101257830535,"sku":"9781800315440","price":25.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/9223c19d6fbed734b848501d9a919c7c.webp?v=1732392424","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-travels-of-ibn-thomas-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}