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Type of bind: Hardcover
Brand: Osprey Publishing
Dewey Decimal Number: 355
EAN num: 9781841769431
ISBN number: 1841769436
Label: Osprey Publishing
Manufacturer: Osprey Publishing
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 224
Printing Date: March 20, 2005
Publishing house: Osprey Publishing
Release Date: March 20, 2005
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God's Warriors
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This is the king of Jerusalem, Saladin has just crossed the Jordan River with 20,000 men because Reynold de Chattion has been raiding his caravans and tormenting Saracens for years. The plot of this book is that the Christians from Europe who are currently holding Jerusalem are about to go to war with the Saracens, who are led and governed by Saladin. The king has tried to keep peace with Saladin and believes that Christians and Muslims should live in peace together.
The genre of this book is historical non-fiction. This book is neither a sequel nor a part of a series. I loved this book with all its action, mystery, and historical accuracy. I learned a lot from this book and it reviewed what I already know. This book shows and expresses the point that Christians and Muslims can live together in peace. I think this novel is more for an adult crowd unless the reader is a child and is very mature for his age or if the child loves history.
John S. Basset who is a professor at a college gave the information to the author to write this book. The more I read this book the more I got sucked in to it; I recommend this book to any and every one because it teaches you about history and also is a compelling and interesting story.
-Forrest Robinette
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Overall a worthwhile book, written in a somewhat military fashion. The illustrations are either accurate modern ones or good, mostly color, contemporary ones. It puts forth the facts as the author knows them in a fairly straight forward manner. It is nicely bound and presented with quality. It has more information on the muslims than many other books of its kind.
On the bad side, the author has a minor, out of context bias against the crusaders (as can be seen in the annoying conclusion, for example), and their sources for the crusaders are somewhat lacking. Given that, they fill in the blanks with often erroneous and cliched tid bits. Though, to their credit, they do mention "...so presumably..." on occasion.
All together there are some minor, all too common, frustrating bits the historian of europe or its martial traditions may find, but nothing new in books on the crusades, and hardly enough to be taken into account, comparitively, and the book has far more good than bad, and I'd recommend it.
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This work describes the horrific battles leading up to the Muslim
capture of Jerusalem in 1187. Saladin destroyed the Christian armies; whereupon, Richard I commenced the 3rd Crusade. Saladin was considered the greatest man in the 12th century Middle Ages. Various pieces of artwork depict the struggles of the period;namely,
- a 12th and 13th century stucco of Persia depicts horsemen
fighting with spears.
- a 13th century lustre plate of Persia shows a tall soldier with
fighting shield.
- In 1139, the Pope banned crossbows in the Laterin Council
except for infidels.
- The famous Battle of Hattin is depicted in 1187.
- A solider with a 1220s turbin is depicted in a manuscript
Clearly, the art of the period mirrored the tremendous military
conflicts engaged by Christians and Arabs alike. This work would be perfect for historians, theologians, arts/crafts enthusiasts
and a wide constituency of people inside and outside formal academe.
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