'Asbridge can't help but tell a ripping yarn, often breezily
dramatic, whipping the narrative along' The Times A superb and
definitive one-volume account of the Crusades, the impact of which
still resonates to this day. In the eleventh century, a vast
Christian army, summoned to holy war by the Pope, rampaged through
the Muslim world of the eastern Mediterranean, seizing possession
of Jerusalem, a city revered by both faiths. Over the two hundred
years that followed this First Crusade, Islam and the West fought
for dominion of the Holy Land, clashing in a succession of
chillingly brutal wars, both firm in the belief that they were at
God's work. The Crusades tells the story of this epic struggle from
the perspective of both Christians and Muslims, reconstructing the
experiences and attitudes of those on either side of the conflict.
Mixing pulsing narrative and piercing insight, it exposes the full
horror, passion and barbaric grandeur of the crusading era. 'A
dramatic and powerful look at both sides of the story' Sunday Times
'A compelling narrative... A masterful conclusion' Observer
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