This is the first biography of Lord Headley, who made international headlines in 1913 when he defied convention by publicly converting to Islam. Drawing on prev

First account of the history and remarkable lives of British converts to Islam during the heydey of Empire.

A timely reconsideration of the life and times of one of the West's most prominent Muslim converts

Charles I, often known as Charlemagne, is one of the most extraordinary figures ever to rule an empire. Driven by unremitting physical energy and intellectual c