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The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades)
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Robert Spencer
Islam expert Robert Spencer reveals Islam's ongoing, unshakable quest for global conquest and why the West today faces the same threat as the Crusaders did--and what we can learn from their experience.
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Crusades Through Arab Eyes
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Amin Maalouf
Maalouf's account of the Crusades relies on Arabic testimonies of the event--some contemporary chronicles, others historical eyewitnesses to the invasion--effectively giving Western readers the other side of the Crusades story.
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Crusade
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Robyn Young
The second volume in Young's internationally bestselling Brethren trilogy, this gripping historical fiction reads like tomorrow's headlines--portraying a rising tide of political pressures that led East and West to war in the 13th century.
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Standard of Honor
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Jack Whyte
From the author of "Knights of the Black and White" comes this second novel in the thrilling historical trilogy about the rise and fall of the powerful and mysterious Templars.
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The mystic rose
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Stephen Lawhead
During a stopover in Constantinople, Caitriona's father is murdered and it falls to her to seek revenge. This is the third volume of the Celtic Crusades series.
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Knights of the Black and White: A Templar Novel
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Jack Whyte
A brother of the Order-a medieval secret society uniting noble families in a sacred bond-Sir Hugh de Payens has emerged from the First Crusade a broken man seeking to dedicate his life to God. But the Order has other plans for him: to uncover a deadly secret that could shatter the very might of the Church itself.
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Chronicles of the Crusades
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Geoffrey De Villehardouin, Jean De Joinville, Jean Joinville
Composed by soldiers who fought in the Holy Wars, these two famous French chronicles are among the most important portrayals of both the dark and light side of the two hundred year struggle for possession of Jerusalem. The first trustworthy and fully informed history of the Crusades, Villehardouin's Conquest of Constantinople describes the era of ...
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Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade
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James Reston, Jr.
The story of the Third Crusade, and the two men who dictated its outcome: Saladin, hero of the Islamic world and Richard the Lionheart. Richard and the King of France led a European army of several hundred thousand warriors, but Saladin's manoeuvres resulted in the crusaders retreat and the demise of the Third Crusade,
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Warrior's Song
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Catherine Coulter
Now completely rewritten by Coulter and repackaged as a new novel, "Warrior's Song" takes its place as a prequel of the "Song" trilogy. Chandra de Avenell was raised as a boy in the 13th century--and as a warrior. But her father forces her to marry Jerval de Vernon, a noble young knight who has the misfortune to want "her" for his wife.
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The First Crusade
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Sir Steven Runciman
Whether the Crusades are regarded as the most romantic of Christian expeditions, or the last of the barbarian invasions, they remain one of the most exciting and colourful adventure stories in history. An army of mounted warriors, travelling with peasants, merchants and artisans, faced a journey over hostile terrain, meeting with unforeseen ...
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Baudolino
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Umberto Eco
Baudolino is an 11th-century adventurer who is relating his story to a historian. The events of his extravagant life include his early precocity, his adoption by the emperor Frederick Barbarossa, his studies in Paris, his search for the Holy Grail, and his love for a woman who is half human and half unicorn. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002.
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The black rood
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Stephen Lawhead
This is the second volume in the Celtic Crusades series.
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The First Crusade: The Chronicle of Fulcher of Chartres and Other Source Materials
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Edward Peters (Editor)
Peters turns to primary texts from the 11th century, including firsthand accounts from men who participated in the First Crusade, to elaborate upon events leading up to and following the journey of "those signed with the cross."
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A Memory of Love
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Bertrice Small
Rhonywn, the illegitimate daughter of the Prince of Wales, is forced into marriage with Edward de Beaumont, and surprises herself by actually falling in love with her husband. When Edward sets out to fight in the Crusades, Rhonywn insists on accompanying him. Then Edward falls ill, and it is up to the feisty Rhonywn to lead his troops into battle ...
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Requiem
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Robyn Young
1295 AD. The Christian empire in the Holy Land lies in ruins. Returning to Paris, Templar Knight Will Campbell is at a crossroads. He has sworn to uphold the principles of the Anima Templi, a secret brotherhood within the Order whose aim is peace - but peace seems ever more impossible. The Temple has forged an alliance with Will's enemy, King ...
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Knights of the Black and White
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Jack Whyte
From the author of the immensely popular Camulod Chronicles comes the first novel in an action-packed historical trilogy about the rise and fall of the Knights Templar. Book One takes readers from the inception of the Order through the First Crusade.
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The Religion
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Tim Willocks
Willocks, a novelist ("Bad City Blues") and screenwriter ("Sin"), strikes gold with this epic account of the Turkish siege of Malta in 1565--the first of a planned trilogy featuring Mattias Tannhauser, the son of a Saxon blacksmith.
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Holy War: The Crusades and Their Impact on Today's World
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Karen Armstrong (Preface by)
Study of the conflicts and crusades of centuries ago, exploring their origins in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It reveals links and parallels between those clashes and the ones occuring today in the Middle East. Published to coincide with the first anniversary of the Gulf War.
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God's War: A New History of the Crusades
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Christopher Tyerman
Tyerman gives a sweeping new vision of one of history's most astounding events: the Crusades. Drawing on all of the most recent scholarship, and told with great verve and authority, "God's War" is the definitive account of a fascinating and horrifying story that continues to haunt our contemporary world.
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The Crusades
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Zoe? Oldenbourg
The Crusades, as Zoe Oldenbourg describes them, were not simply a religious phenomenon, nor were they motivated by pure aggression. They were the result of an emotional climate which led people from all walks of life - rich and poor, saints and sinners - to leave their homes and follow the unattainable ideal of a heavenly Jerusalem here on earth. ...
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New Concise History of the Crusades
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Thomas F Madden
How have the crusades contributed to Islamist rage and terrorism today? Were the crusades the Christian equivalent of modern jihad? In this sweeping yet crisp history, Thomas F. Madden offers a brilliant and compelling narrative of the crusades and their contemporary relevance. Placing all the major crusades within their medieval social, economic, ...
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The Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades
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Jonathan Riley-Smith (Editor)
`Undertake this journey for the remission of your sins - assured of the imperishable glory of the kingdom of heaven.' When Pope Urban II made his famous speech in 1095 launching the First Crusade, he set in motion a movement that would involve every country in Europe, touch almost every aspect of life, the economy, and society, and have an ...
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Arab Historians of the Crusades
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Francesco Gabrieli (Editor)
The recapture of Jerusalem, the siege of the Acre, the fall of Tripoli, the effect in Baghdad of events in Syria; these and other happening were faithfully recorded by Arab historians during the two centuries of the Crusades. For the first time contemporary accounts of the fighting between Muslim and Christian have been translated into English, ...
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Fighting for Christendom: Holy War and the Crusades
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Christopher Tyerman
Crusading fervour gripped Europe for over 200 years, creating one of the most extraordinary, vivid periods in world history. Whether the Crusades are regarded as the most romantic of Christian expeditions, or the last of the barbarian invasions, they have fascinated generations ever since, and their legacy of ideas and imagery has resonated ...
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The Crusades: A History; Second Edition
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Jonathan Riley-Smith
This lively, comprehensive history provides a wealth of fascinating detail about the Crusades and the politics and personalities behind them. This new edition includes revisions throughout as well as a new Preface and Afterword in which Jonathan Riley-Smith surveys recent developments in the field and examines responses to the Crusades in ...
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