A review by sardonic_writer
The Assassins: A Radical Sect in Islam by Bernard Lewis

3.0

It's a pretty good overview of the Isma'ili, but Lewis gets way too bogged down in the theological debates between the sects. If I'd realized that this was a reprint of a book from the 1960's I would have looked for a more recent text. Even for just 140 pages this is more of a slog than it needs to be.