The Crusades, Thomas Asbridge
The Crusades, Thomas Asbridge
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The Crusades
The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land

Author: Thomas Asbridge

Narrator: Derek Perkins

Unabridged: 25 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 08/16/2016

Synopsis

The Crusades is an authoritative, accessible single-volume history of the brutal struggle for the Holy Land in the Middle Ages. Thomas Asbridge—a renowned historian who writes with “maximum vividness” (Joan Acocella, The New Yorker)—covers the years 1095 to 1291 in this big, ambitious, readable account of one of the most fascinating periods in history. From Richard the Lionheart to the mighty Saladin, from the emperors of Byzantium to the Knights Templar, Asbridge’s book is a magnificent epic of Holy War between the Christian and Islamic worlds, full of adventure, intrigue, and sweeping grandeur.

About Thomas Asbridge

Thomas Asbridge is Reader in Medieval History at Queen Mary, University of London, and the author of 'The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, the Power Behind Five English Thrones' (2014), 'The Crusades: The War for the Holy Land' (2010) and 'The First Crusade: A New History' (2004). He studied for a BA in Ancient and Medieval History at Cardiff University, and then gained his PhD in Medieval History at Royal Holloway, University of London.Thomas wrote and presented a BBC documentary, 'The Greatest Knight: William Marshal', and a landmark three-part documentary series 'The Crusades' for the BBC, filmed on location across the Near East and Europe. He has also appeared in many other internationally broadcast television documentaries and radio programs, and has worked as a historical consultant for HBO and Company Pictures. He now lives in southern England.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Myke on September 05, 2018

You’d be hard pressed to find a topic more politically charged than the Crusades, especially as the world sloughs out of our War on Terror hangover, and fumbles into the terrorscape of cyber threats and subornment of the United States. People feel *really* strongly about what the Crusades should mea......more

Goodreads review by Mike on December 22, 2023

Bought this book many years ago and it was consigned to a dusty shelf. However, after reading Dan Jones book on the Templars I decided to dust it off. Glad I did as a great read. Certainly an authoritative text and long at almost 700 pages. But it managed to cram in everything you needed to know abo......more

Goodreads review by Rindis on August 05, 2014

Authoritative - adj. "having or showing impressive knowledge about a subject" Asbridge's 'authoritative history' of the Crusades certainly does this. It is a very extensive look at the period in a single volume. There are problems; I think there is still not enough examination of what was going on in......more

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