{"product_id":"the-darkening-age-the-christian-destruction-of-the-classical-world-9781328589286","title":"The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice \u003cbr\u003e Named a Book of the Year by the \u003ci\u003eTelegraph, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eSpectator, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eObserver, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBBC History Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In Harran, the locals refused to convert. They were dismembered, their limbs hung along the town's main street. In Alexandria, zealots pulled the elderly philosopher-mathematician Hypatia from her chariot and flayed her to death with shards of broken pottery. Not long before, their fellow Christians had invaded the city's greatest temple, smashing its world-famous statues and destroying all that was left of Alexandria's Great Library. \u003cbr\u003e Today we refer to Christianity's conquest of the West as a \"triumph.\" But this victory entailed an orgy of destruction in which Jesus's followers attacked and suppressed classical culture, helping to pitch Western civilization into a thousand-year-long decline. In \u003ci\u003eThe Darkening Age, \u003c\/i\u003e Catherine Nixey brilliantly resurrects this lost history, offering a wrenching account of the rise of Christianity and its terrible cost. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A feast of tales of murder, vandalism  and] willful destruction . . . Nixey has a great story to tell, and she tells it exceptionally well.\" -- \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" A] bold, dazzling and provocative book.\" -- Peter Frankopan, best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Silk Roads\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/16\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781328589286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.00d","brand":"Catherine Nixey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36648994275484,"sku":"9781328589286","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_eb295523-e27c-4738-9495-32f18c9174c1.jpg?v=1603871682","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-darkening-age-the-christian-destruction-of-the-classical-world-9781328589286","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}