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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Saladin Saladin John Brian Walter "Who was the real Saladin? To answer this question, A. R. Azzam argues, it is essential to appreciate the age Saladin lived in. The first major biography of Saladin for twenty years, A. R. Azzam's ac… OL11971228W
Crusading warfare, 1097-1193 Crusading warfare, 1097-1193 R. C. Smail This text is a revised version of R.C. Small's classic account of the strategic and cultural achievements of a society structured and organized to conduct war. This is an important book for several r… OL3056010W
Blondel's Song Blondel's Song David Boyle On his way back from the crusades, one of England's most famous and romantic medieval kings was ship-wrecked and stranded near Venice. Trying to make his way home in disguise, he was arrested and imp… OL4755511W
Saladin Saladin Anne-Marie Eddé Working simultaneously on two levels, Saladin represents the best kind of biography -- a portrait of a man who is said to have made an age, and the most complete account we have to date of an age tha… OL9920983W