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The Bird King : A Novel by Wilson, G. Willow is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Bird King : A Novel about?
From award-winning author G. Willow Wilson, The Bird King is an epic journey set during the reign of the last sultan in the Iberian peninsula at the height of the Spanish Inquisition.G. Willow Wilson's debut novel Alif the Unseen established her as a vital American Muslim literary voice. The Bird King tells the story of Fatima, a concubine in the royal court of Granada, the last emirate of Muslim Spain, and her dearest friend Hassan, the palace mapmaker. Hassan has a secret - he can draw maps of places he's never seen and bend the shape of reality. When representatives of the newly formed Spanish monarchy arrive to negotiate the sultan's surrender, Fatima befriends one of the women, not realising that she will see Hassan's gift as sorcery and a threat to Christian Spanish rule.With their freedoms at stake, what will Fatima risk to save Hassan and escape the palace walls? As Fatima and Hassan traverse Spain to find safety, The Bird King asks us to consider what love is and the price of freedom at a time when the West and the Muslim world were not yet separate.
Who reads The Bird King : A Novel?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Wilson, G. Willow
- Publisher
- Grove Atlantic
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780802146847
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Historical Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 4.2 / 5 (1,124 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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