{"product_id":"the-island-of-no-return-andi-rdiu-9783950626148","title":"The Island of No Return: The Cordoban Exiles' Chronicle","description":"\u003cp\u003eCórdoba, 827. When the rebellion of the al-Rabad quarter is crushed, thousands of Andalusians are given a single choice: exile or death. Among them is Yusuf, a bookseller's son who has never held a sword, and Lamia, the potter's daughter he loves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey sail east into a sea that owes them nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLed by the implacable Abu Hafs, the exiles wander from the coast of Africa to the harbours of Egypt, until they reach an island the Byzantines have left half-guarded - Crete. There, on a fortified rock above a trench, they raise a city: al-Khandaq, Chandax - the place that will outlive them all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of a people who lost one homeland and built another on the bones of it: conquest and grief, the first child born on Cretan soil, and a chronicle written so that none of it would be forgotten.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe origin of The Secrets of Crete - where the whole cycle begins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andi Rădiu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 395062614X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783950626148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Andi Rădiu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 388\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.86d","brand":"Andi R\u0026#259;diu","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874780983551,"sku":"9783950626148","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-island-of-no-return-andi-rdiu-9783950626148","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}