The First Muslim

The extraordinary life of the man who founded Islam, and the world he inhabited—and remade. Lesley Hazleton's new book,  Agnostic: A Spirited Manifesto , is out now from Riverhead Books. Muhammad’s was a life of almost unparalleled historical importance; yet for all the iconic power of his name, the intensely dramatic story of the prophet of Islam is not well known. In The First Muslim , Lesley Hazleton brings him vibrantly to life. Drawing on early eyewitness sources and on history, politi