A life of the prophet Muhammad by bestselling religious writer Karen Armstrong.

A life of the prophet Muhammad by bestselling religious writer Karen Armstrong.

'Armstrong has a dazzling ability: she can take a long and complex subject and reduce it to its fundamentals, without over-simplifying' SUNDAY TIMES

'One of our best living writers on religion' FINANCIAL TIMES

'Not just a sympathetic book that would dispel the misconceptions and misgivings of its western readers, but also a book that is of considerable importance to Muslims' MUSLIM NEWS

Most people in the West know very little about the prophet Muhammad. The acclaimed religious writer Karen Armstrong has written a biography which will give us a more accurate and profound understanding of Islam and the people who adhere to it so strongly. Muhammad also offers challenging comparisons with the two religions most closely related to it - Judaism and Christianity.

"Armstrong has a dazzling ability: she can take a long and complex subject and reduce it to its fundamentals, without over-simplifying" - SUNDAY TIMES

"Not just a sympathetic book that would dispel the misconceptions and misgivings of its western readers, but also a book that is of considerable importance to Muslims" - MUSLIM NEWS

"Respectful without being reverential, knowledgeable without being pedantic and, above all, readable" - ECONOMIST

"This book is a significant help to understanding the religious experience of Islam and of the fascinating life of Muhammad in particular" - GLASGOW HERALD

"One of our best living writers on religion" - FINANCIAL TIMES