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A Labyrinth of Kingdoms: 10,000 Miles Through Islamic Africa

bySteve Kemper

In A Labyrinth of Kingdoms, Steve Kemper presents a biographical portrait centered on 10,000 Miles Through Islamic Africa. Its account follows central actors and turning points while showing how the story reflects questions in the wider field of biography & autobiography. The result avoids a single easy lesson, emphasizing instead how circumstances, institutions, and individual choices interacted over time. The book ultimately clarifies what made these developments possible, who experienced their effects, and why the story remains significant. The emphasis stays on explanation, context, and the lived consequences behind the larger argument.

Publisher

Norton & Company Limited, W. W.

Publication date

2013

Format

Print edition

Pages

448

ISBN

9780393346237