From a renowned historian who writes with "maximum vividness" (The New Yorker) comes the most authoritative, readable single-volume history of the brutal struggle for the holy landNine hundred years ago, a vast Christian army, summoned to holy war by the Pope, rampaged through the Muslim world of th[...]

A history of the First Crusade provides an account of the three-year expedition to the Holy Land, describing the mobilization of the crusaders in Europe, the journey to Constantinople and the Middle East, their struggle against Muslim armies, and the impact of the crusade on the relationship between[...]

A thrillingly intimate portrait of one of history's most illustrious knights - William Marshal - that vividly evokes the grandeur and barbarity of the Middle Ages William Marshal was the true Lancelot of his era - a peerless warrior and paragon of chivalry -yet over the centuries, the spectacular st[...]

I det 11. århundrede samlede paven en stor hærskare under korsets tegn og drog fra sejr til sejr ned gennem muslimske territorier langs det østlige Middelhav - Konstantinopel, Libanons skove, Damaskus, frem mod Jerusalem, byen, som er hellig for begge religioner. De følgende to århund[...]