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| | 1. |  | The Crusades Through Arab Eyes
from Schocken
Price: $11.86
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The 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,... more info
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4.5 / 5.0
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| | 2. |  | God's War: A New History of the Crusades
from Belknap Press
Price: $23.10
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I started this book last week and am only around page 100 but am not sure that I will continue. My problem is that the author is not a very good story teller and frankly last night I found myself rereading a sentence 4 times to understand what it was saying only to realize that it was nonsensical.... more info
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3.5 / 5.0
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| | 3. |  | Mistress of the Art of Death
from Putnam Adult
Price: $17.13
Customer Review:
AWESOME - i loved this book. i have been reading medivel mysteries for over 50 years, so i do have some experience. i could not put down this book. so many topics: history, religion, medicine. the characters i also loved.
i hope there are many more books in this series.
thanks.more info
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4.5 / 5.0
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| | 6. |  | Chronicles of the Crusades (Penguin Classics)
from Penguin Classics
Price: $10.20
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I highly recommend this translation of Joinville and Villehardouin.
The translator has taken care to translate these works into lucid, contemporary language without dumbing down the writing. Her work has paid off, providing a readable and lively edition still suitable for scholarly review.more info
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5.0 / 5.0
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| | 9. |  | The Crusades: A History
from Yale University Press
Price: $13.40
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This book covers all the known wars that can be called Crucades. Not only does the author cover the four most widely known crusades to the Holy Land by Western Europe but also some of the lesser known crusades. This book is very informative, well written and compiled with in a time line format. This... more info
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4.0 / 5.0
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| | 10. |  | Richard and John: Kings at War
from Da Capo Press
Price: $19.80
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I must say that I am very disheartened by some of the other reviews here that chide author McLynn for using big words or for going into excessive detail in Richard and John: Kings at War. For me, McLynn's prose was the highlight of this experience, his colorful and extremely engaging writing made... more info
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4.0 / 5.0
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