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Book ClubsAge Group:
Adults- Registration is required for this event.
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- This event is for registrants age 18 and above.
Program Description
About this event:
Join us to discuss The Library Mule of Cordoba by Wilfrid Lupano:
Here’s the story of what happens when saving the world’s knowledge from destruction depends on the worst mule in history!
The Caliphate of Al-Andalus, Spain, 976. The Caliphate has been blessed with a period of peace, culture, and science for nearly sixty years. The Caliph Abd al-Rahman III and his son al-Hakam II made Cordoba the Western capital of learning. But al-Hakam II dies young, and his son is only ten years old.
One of his viziers, Amir, seizes the opportunity to take power. Radical clergymen, in exchange for their support of the illegitimate pretender, want to see the 400,000 books in Cordoba’s library burn!
Registration is required, and books will be provided for participants. If you don't need a physical copy, just note when you sign up that you won't need the library to provide one. If you have any questions, please contact Sophia McKissick at smckissick@tcpl.org.