J. N. D. Anderson

256 p. : 31 cm

Abridged from the back cover: Autobiography of Sir Norman Anderson OBE QC LLD FBA who was Professor of Oriental Laws and Director of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies at the University of London. In this book, Norman Anderson recalls his full life as a missionary to Islam, a wartime liaison officer to Arab guerillas, a leading legal scholar, an author (his first book was written in Arabic), a defender of the Christian faith, and an active Christian layman, notably as Lay Chairman of the General Synod of the Church of England.

Based on a series of lectures presented 1965-66 at, and for the most part sponsored by, the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.