A short sīra, written in French, giving the outline of the Prophet's life without the scholarly apparatus that deters the hurried reader.
The aim
Major sīra works are long, and their length keeps many readers away. This one wagers the opposite: to give the whole arc — birth, revelation, exile, return — in a volume that can be read at a sitting.
The writing
The text was written directly in French, not translated. Technical terms are kept where no equivalent exists, and explained once and for all. Nothing is quoted without being traced to its source.
