The book, apparently the first comprehensive book of "Maqtal" in English language, starting the events right from the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a) after the migration to Madina, the life of His beloved daughter Fatima Al-Zahra (s.a) events of the Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali and Imam Hasan (a.s) in Kufa and the uprising of Mukhtar, the avenger of the blood of Imam Husayn (a.s) and focuses at length the tragic saga of Karbala from the beginning till after the tragedy. H/B pgs. 550