<DIV><DIV><P>"A dramatic story . . . any number of episodes could inspire novels . . . impossible to read without thinking of more current events."?<I>The New York Times</I></P><P>"A valuable and timely reminder . . . of that rare figure: a bridge between East and West."?<I>Times Literary Supplement</I></P><P>This well-researched and compelling biography of the Muslim warrior-saint who led the Algerian resistance to French colonization in the mid-nineteenth century sheds light on current US involvement with a global Islam. The most famous "jihadist" of his time, Abd el-Kader was known equally for his military brilliance and his moral authority. His <I>New York Times</I> obituary called him "one of the few great men of the century."</P></DIV></DIV>