Download or read book Emeralds of the Alhambra written by John D. Cressler and published by Milford House Press. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emeralds of the Alhambra, a historical novel, reawakens this remarkable era via the relationship between William Chandon, a wounded Christian knight brought to the Sultan's court in Granada, and the strong-willed Layla al-Khatib, who is on a quest to become the first female Sufi Muslim mystic in a male-dominated society.