IN THE NAME OF GOD: The Role of Religion in the Modern World

An original and thought-provoking history of monotheistic religions and their ever-shifting relationship with each other. O'Grady takes the reader from Umar, the seventh-century Islamic caliph who led what became one of the greatest empires the world has ever known to the bloody Thirty Years' War between Protestants and Catholics. 16 pages of illustrations some in color.