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Mentioned as a comparison for intellectual excitement: 'reading Patricia Croner on The Origins of Islam for the first time' - refers to her revisionist work on early Islamic history

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Tom recommends this book when discussing the fusion of Zoroastrian and Muslim traditions in Khorasan during the Abbasid revolution, describing it as 'a brilliant, brilliant book' and noting it was the author's last book before she died.