Crusaders : the epic history of the wars for the holy lands / Dan Jones.
Crusaders : the epic history of the wars for the holy lands / Dan Jones.
Crusaders : the epic history of the wars for the holy lands / Dan Jones.
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Publisher
New York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2019]
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G 2020/1283
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxxvii, 425 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Content type
text
still image
cartographic image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The count and the imam -- Poets and party kings -- Empire under siege -- Deus vult! -- The preachers' tale -- March of the princes -- The longest winter -- Jerusalem -- Dividing the spoils -- Sigurd Jerusalemfarer -- Fields of blood -- A new knighthood -- Melisende the Magnificent -- The swords of o...
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Publisher
New York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2019]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2019]
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Summary
"For more than one thousand years, Christians and Muslims lived side by side, sometimes at peace and sometimes at war. When Christian armies seized Jerusalem in 1099, they began the most notorious period of conflict between the two religions. Depending on who you ask, the fall of the holy city was either an inspiring legend or the greatest of horro...
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Crusaders : the epic history of the wars for the holy lands / Dan Jones.
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"First published in hardcover in Great Britain by Head of Zeus, Ltd London, in 2019"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [401]-407) and index.
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©2019
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G 2020/1283
Record Identifier
74VKaDKWa7Mg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaDKWa7Mg
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ISBN
9780525428312 hardcover
0525428313 hardcover
DDC
909.07
MMS ID
991024296816802626
