{"product_id":"the-crusader-storm-9781399818728","title":"The Crusader Storm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Superb: a dynamic, compelling and pulsating history - grippingly narrated but with a completely fresh and convincing analysis . . . A must read' SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Bold, vital and urgent . . . Blows the old parochial Western accounts clean away' SUZANNAH LIPSCOMB\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Refreshing and astutely judged . . . immensely enjoyable' JONATHAN PHILLIPS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Impressive' \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA spectacular new panoramic history of the Crusades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom their foundation in 1097 to Saladin's conquest of Jerusalem almost a century later, the Crusader States transformed the Middle Eastern world. In an era shaped by many conflicts, this was not simply a war between Christianity and Islam, but an epic contest among multiple rival empires, dynasties and cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Crusader Storm\u003c\/i\u003e unfolds through a kaleidoscope of perspectives: a Byzantine renegade, a crusader princess, a Turkish matriarch, a young Arab nobleman, a Syriac archbishop, Saladin's leading commander and the vizier of Egypt. Between them, information, technologies and ideas - as well as weapons - crossed borders at astonishing speed as their societies fought, allied and traded. Their entangled fates reshaped not only the Middle East, but the medieval world itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on sources from Arabic, Greek, Syriac, Armenian, Latin and Hebrew traditions, Nicholas Morton's enthralling panorama transforms our understanding of the Crusades - revealing them not as a single clash of faiths, but as a dynamic era of war, commerce, innovation and exchange that defined the course of history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nicholas Morton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56452837212502,"sku":"9781399818728","price":130.0,"currency_code":"PLN","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0886\/3206\/6390\/files\/9781399818728.jpg?v=1793656348","url":"https:\/\/www.englishbook.pl\/products\/the-crusader-storm-9781399818728","provider":"Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}