About The Missing Vizier
Hasdai Shaprut, Grand Vizier of the Umayyad Caliphate, has vanished. The disappearance the Kingdom of Córdoba’s highest ranking Jew, threatens the future of 10th century Europe’s most enlightened culture.
Caliph Abd- al-Rahman III enlists the help of investigator Solomon Levy who must journey to the Savage North in search of the missing vizier. Solomon’s search takes him into a world of political machinations intertwined with personal secrets as he becomes embroiled in a conflict between two deposed kings: Sancho the Fat and Ordoño the Wicked.
The Missing Vizier weaves fact with fiction in a tale of mystery, urgency, and personal sacrifice set against a backdrop of historical intrigue in Tenth Century Islamic Spain during a little known time in history when Muslims, Jews, and Christians created a harmonious society based upon religious tolerance and enlightened self-interested.
The Missing Vizier is the third and final medieval mystery in The Andalusian Trilogy.
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Author Biography
William Mesusan lived and traveled in central Mexico, where he wrote seven cover stories for El Ojo del Lago, Mexico’s most widely read English-language magazine, along with a dozen and a half e-zine articles.
Two trips to Spain, and research into the country’s past, inspired a series of novels set in 10th Century Islamic Spain during a little known time in history when Muslims, Jews, and Christians created a harmonious society based upon religious tolerance.
He is also the author of a standalone dystopian novel, The Sperm King.
His other interests include organic gardening as well as playing guitar and songwriting. His collaboration with Serbian vocalist Jovana can be heard free at Soundcloud.com using the playlist title Jovana’s Mix.