The Ashes of Baghdad, (Paperback)

<p>1258. The greatest city in the Islamic world stands on the edge of annihilation.</p><p>For five centuries, Baghdad has been the beating heart of civilization - a city of scholars, poets, astronomers, engineers, and kings. Its vast libraries hold the wisdom of the ancient world, and its towering walls seem eternal.</p><p>But from the east comes an army unlike any the world has ever seen.</p><p>The Mongols.</p><p>As the armies of Hulagu Khan close around Baghdad, four men find themselves trapped inside one of history's most devastating sieges: </p><ul><li>A hardened Mongol commander who believes conquest is destiny.</li><li>A brilliant engineer whose machines can destroy cities - and knowledge itself.</li><li>A weary scout torn between loyalty and conscience.</li><li>A scholar desperately trying to save the memory of a dying civilization.</li></ul><p>As fire rains upon Baghdad and the mighty Abbasid Caliphate collapses, the survivors must choose what is worth saving in a world consumed by war.</p><p>Inspired by true historical events, <em>The Ashes of Baghdad</em> is an epic historical novel of siege warfare, betrayal, survival, and the destruction of one of the greatest cities ever built.</p><p>A sweeping story of empire and memory, this is not just the fall of a city...</p><p>It is the end of an age.</p>

• The Ashes of Baghdad, (Paperback)
• Author: Martin Swan
• ISBN: 9798235882065
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-05-15
• Page Count: 232