{"product_id":"inside-the-kingdom-kings-clerics-modernists-terrorists-and-the-struggle-for-saudi-arabia-9780143118275","title":"Inside the Kingdom: Kings, Clerics, Modernists, Terrorists, and the Struggle for Saudi Arabia","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"It's all here-Islam, the family tree, a sea of oil and money to match, palace intrigue...This is high drama and an epic tale.\" \u003cbr\u003e -Tom Brokaw \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Though Saudi Arabia sits on one of the richest oil deposits in the world, it also produced fifteen of the nineteen 9\/11 hijackers. In this immensely important book, journalist Robert Lacey draws on years of access to every circle of Saudi society giving readers the fullest portrait yet of a land straddling the worlds of medievalism and modernity. Moving from the bloody seizure of Mecca's Grand Mosque in 1979, through the Persian Gulf War, to the delicate U.S.-Saudi relations in a post 9\/11 world, \u003ci\u003eInside the Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e brings recent history to vivid life and offers a powerful story of a country learning how not to be at war with itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Lacey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/05\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.33h x 5.53w x 0.99d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143118275\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Lacey is a British journalist and the author of the bestselling books \u003ci\u003eThe Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMajesty\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFord: The Men and the Machine\u003c\/i\u003e. For the past three years he has split his time between Saudi Arabia and London to research this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44251227619443,"sku":"9.78014E+12","price":25.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_52a54004-6ce8-4159-b447-6b83c6c06443.jpg?v=1769348515","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/inside-the-kingdom-kings-clerics-modernists-terrorists-and-the-struggle-for-saudi-arabia-9780143118275","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}