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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 909.09767101 EAN: 9780805208986 ISBN: 0805208984 Label: Schocken Manufacturer: Schocken Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 293 Publication Date: April 29, 1989 Publisher: Schocken Release Date: April 29, 1989 Studio: Schocken Related Items:
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 Rating:  - An interesting sideA good story that portrayed the Crusades from the eyes of the people who were in defense of their nation. Going to school in America, I heard of the Crusades through European eyes and on History Channel specials (back when they used to show things about history) I seen the unbiased sides from both the Western and Islam nations. This book talks more about the politics involved in the various Islamic nations in the Middle East and the trouble it took just to rouse an army up to face this European ... Read More Rating: - Not as biased as the title suggests.The advantage of this history of the Crusades is that the author provides significant insight regarding the historical tensions within the Arab "states" or tribes during the 11th and 12th centuries and how the frequent unwillingness of those often warring factions to help each other fend off the Crusaders, and their general ineptness in doing so, contributed to the horrible successes of the Christian marauders and the massacre of tens of thousands of "non-believers," which included large numbers of ... Read More Rating: - Great Historical read from 1st person accounts.This was an incredible book. I enjoy reading first hand accounts of history, without the boring academic drudgery. This book is full of the accounts of arabic and middle eastern viewpoints from that time period. It increased my knowledge and respect for the non western inhabitants of outremer. There is one instance where a crusaders wife comes into Saladin's camp and begs him to give her her young daughter back. She had been captured as a non combatant and sold into slavery by Saladins warriors. The ... Read More Rating:  - Unusual Historic Perspective, Written in SuspenseThe quality of this book speaks for itself, if it is written from the non-Western perspective of the crusades, but manages to score an average of 4,5 of 5 stars from 74 primarily US reviews prior to mine. Especially as the overall sentiment in these reviews stays virtually the same, pre 9-11, immediately post 9-11, during the Bush Crusades and after them. The book has been written in 1983 in French, translated into English in 1984 and published in the US in 1985. As such, the book would ... Read More Rating: - The Perspective Everybody Must ReadI ordered this book along with one on the Crusades from the Christian perspective (or the 'Western' perspective) hoping to get each side of the story, so to speak. In picking up both books I was a bit apprehensive wondering whether or not they would be overly one-sided. For example, I was not looking for a piece of 'slam' journalism justifying the Middle East's current ills on the invasions of Crusaders 1000 years ago. This book is certainly not that. Mr. Maalouf painstakingly takes the ... Read More 
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