Full name: The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land

Author: Thomas Asbridge Year: 2010 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction, Religion, War/Military Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780060787295 9780060787288 0060787295 0060787287

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. Similar books: God's War by Christopher Tyerman The Crusades through Arab Eyes by Amin Maalouf The First Crusade by Thomas Asbridge The Crusades by Christopher Tyerman Arab Historians of the Crusades by Francesco Gabrieli The First Crusade by Steven Runciman Holy Warriors by Jonathan Phillips Chronicles of the Crusades by Jean de Joinville The Monks of War by Desmond Seward The Templars by Dan Jones The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople by Jonathan Phillips The Book of Contemplation by Usama ibn Munqidh The Trial of the Templars by Malcolm Barber Mysteries of the Middle Ages by Thomas Cahill Mohammed and Charlemagne by Henri Pirenne Crusaders by Dan Jones The Pope's Last Crusade by Peter Eisner The Greatest Knight by Thomas Asbridge The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright The Terror Years by Lawrence Wright