Gardens of Light,The

Born in a Mesopotamian village in the third century, the son of a Parthian warrior, Mani grows up in a volatile and dangerous world. As battle rages over the Middle East between the great Roman and Persian empires, as Jews and Christians, Buddhists and Zoroastrians fight for ascendancy, Mani – painter, mystic, physician and prophet – makes his way through the battlefields to preach his incandescent doctrine of humility, tolerance and love, a doctrine that comes to be known as Manicheanism.
A vivid glimpse of the ancient world in all its perfumed splendour and cruelty, an elegantly philosophical discourse on the fall of man, The Gardens of Light is a story of great beauty and resonance, exquisitely told.

Author: Amin Maalouf

ISBN: 9780349108711