Renaissance Emir

Synopsis

Chapter 1. Prince Of The Druze. Out Of The Shadows ; The Heir Becomes Apparent ; A Very Personal Physician ; Consolidation -- Chapter 2. The Sect Where Every Man Is A Prince. The Noble Wisdom ; Druzism And Islam ; Syria, Lebanon, And The Shouf -- Chapter 3. Fakhr Ad-din's World : The Levant In 1600. The View From Niha ; Meanwhile Back At The Sublime Porte ; Relations With Europe ; Capitulations And Factories -- Chapter 4. Druze And Medici. From Florence To Niha ; Trouble In Aleppo ; Enemies Of One's Enemies ; Jerusalem Is Worth A Mass ; Papal Bull -- Chaper 5. Storm Clouds Gather. Subtill As A Foxe ; Digression On Coinage ; Collision Course -- Chapter 6. Tuscany. Safe Arrival In Christendom ; Europe Through The Prism Of Islam ; Vasari's Corridor -- Chapter 7. Carnival In Florence. Heat Wave And Scandal ; Too Big To Fail ; The Economics Of Galley-slaves ; Negotiations Begin -- Chapter 8. Dreams Of Jerusalem. The Voyage Of The Tartana ; Negotiations And Insinuations ; Marvellous Indecision ; False Pardon And Just Desserts -- Chapter 9. Sicily And Naples. Spanish Overtures ; Flying Visit To The Homeland ; Palermo, Then Naples ; Tuna-fish And Duelling... ; Public Women, Public Finances ; A Minor Inquisition ; A Mother's Call, A Daughter's Death -- Chapter 10. Pinnacle. Trouble On The Home Front ; Turning Point ; Battle Of ʻanjar ; Cows, Bulls, And Little Dogs ; French Warning -- Chapter 11. Endgame. A Quiet Time, An Awkward Agent ; A Royal Rebuke ; The Tipping-point ; The Final Catastrophe -- Ch. 12. Legacy. Fakhr Ad-din, Icon Of Lebanon ; Levantine Renaissance ; Fakhr Ad-din On The Stage -- Postscript : Note On Al-khalidi's Life Of Fakhr Ad-din. T.j. Gorton. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.