The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land by Thomas Asbridge

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

Thomas Asbridge

767 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history religion challenging informative medium-paced

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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 yea...

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