A treasure-trove of grisly Arab tales may appeal more to an Isis fighter than your average British reader

In a review of the medieval Arab Tales of the Marvellous and News of the Strange, one of the greatest marvels is that the manuscript survived at all

From magazine issue: 13 December 2014

issue 13 December 2014

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