Book Summary and Reviews of God's Crucible by David Levering Lewis

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"This superb portrayal ...displays the formidable scholarship and magisterial ability to synthesize vast quantities of material" - Publishers Weekly.

"Lewis's convoluted writing style in this work, and his excessive use of anachronistic, extra-regional examples, such as Sherman's march through Georgia, make this book hard to recommend enthusiastically to scholars. Recommended for public libraries and some undergraduate libraries." - Library Journal.

"Crowded yet sprightly account of Islam's definitive shaping of the world map during the so-called Dark Ages ... A work of clear-eyed scholarship-and occasionally challenging vocabulary." - Kirkus Reviews.

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