The Crusades

The Crusades
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 790
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ISBN-10 : 9780061981364
ISBN-13 : 0061981362
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Book Synopsis The Crusades by : Thomas Asbridge

Download or read book The Crusades written by Thomas Asbridge and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-03-30 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Crusades is an authoritative, accessible single-volume history of the brutal struggle for the Holy Land in the Middle Ages. Thomas Asbridge—a renowned historian who writes with “maximum vividness” (Joan Acocella, The New Yorker)—covers the years 1095 to 1291 in this big, ambitious, readable account of one of the most fascinating periods in history. From Richard the Lionheart to the mighty Saladin, from the emperors of Byzantium to the Knights Templar, Asbridge’s book is a magnificent epic of Holy War between the Christian and Islamic worlds, full of adventure, intrigue, and sweeping grandeur.


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