Consorts for the Conqueror: The Nineteen Wives of Muhammad (Unveiled) (Volume 3)

Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam, had nineteen wives. This book, researched from the earliest Islamic sources, explodes many popular myths, leaving the Mothers of the Faithful UNVEILED.

Consorts for the Conqueror covers Muhammad’s latter years when, as Lord of all Arabia, he acquired five further wives and three concubines. It also tells the stories of over twenty additional women whom he hoped to marry yet for various reasons did not.

In this increasingly crowded household, how did so many wives attract Muhammad’s attention? Why did most of them never become pregnant? How were they manipulated by the nascent Umayyad, Abbasid and Shia parties? Which wife was an accomplished polyglot? Which one drank nasty medicine despite not being sick? Who worked as a gong-woman, and who was eaten by a wolf? What happened when the lesser wives clashed with the jealous and dominant Aïsha?

The secrets of the exemplar Islamic family are revealed, forever stripping them of their concealing veils.