F. W. Burleigh draws on an academic and investigative background to recreate the life of one of the most disruptive personalities in history. Following the destruction of the Twin Towers on Sept. 11, 2001, he undertook a line-by-line study of more than 20,000 pages of the original documents of Islam to bring forth this work. Based on solid scholarship, the book is written in a lively and thoroughly engaging style.