Alamut series

Alamut series

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name = Alamut
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author = Judith Tarr
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country = United States
language = English
series = Alamut
genre = Fantasy
publisher = Doubleday
release_date = November 1989
media_type = Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
pages = 470 pp (first edition, hardback)
isbn = ISBN 0-385-24720-6 (first edition, hardback)
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followed_by = The Dagger and the CrossInfobox Book
name = The Dagger and the Cross
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image_caption =
author = Judith Tarr
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country = United States
language = English
series = Alamut
genre = Fantasy novel
publisher = Doubleday
release_date = January 1991
media_type = Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
pages = 474 pp (first edition, hardback)
isbn = ISBN 0-385-41181-2 (first edition, hardback)
preceded_by = Alamut
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The "Alamut series" consists of the two fantasy books "Alamut" (Doubleday, 1989) and "The Dagger and the Cross" (Doubleday, 1991) by Judith Tarr. The series is set in the same universe as "The Hound and the Falcon", which was written first, but the "Alamut series" describes events which occurred before the events in "The Hound and the Falcon".

The books mainly tells the story of the elf Prince Aidan from the elf kingdom of Rhiyana. The books contain elements of historical fiction, being set in the time of the Crusades and covering events like the Battle of Hattin, and including historical figures such as the leper king of Jerusalem Baldwin IV, the Muslim leader Saladin, and the Hashshashin of Alamut.


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