Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-186) and index.
Contents
Sunrise in Andalusia -- Exiles in their own land -- Escape to the Maghreb -- Behind the walls of Fez -- Eretz Israel -- Interlude in Alexandria -- New beginning in Fustat -- A luminous light: The siraj -- The ascent of Saladin -- The year of darkness -- Metamorphosis -- The Mishneh Torah -- Marriage and family -- Physician to the Sultan's court -- The Nagid -- The guide of the perplexed -- The adversity of fame -- Merging with the light.