Sweeping readers into a mesmerizing period of history, Warriors of God is a provocative look at two towering leaders and the not always noble causes for which they fought." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps.Previously published: New York : Doubleday, 2001 There, Saladin's brilliant maneuvers and Richard's sudden failure of nerve turned the tide. In riveting descriptions, Reston captures the fascinating clash of the two armies as they battled their way to the outskirts of Jerusalem.
Reston's compelling portrait of Saladin brings to life the wise, highly cultured leader who realized an enduring Arab dream by uniting Egypt and Syria and whose conquest of Jerusalem not only sparked the Third Crusade but ignited the first jihad and turned Saladin into a hero of epic proportions. Richard the Lionheart, commonly depicted as the romantic personification of chivalry, here emerges in his full complexity and contradictions as Reston examines the dark side of Richard's role as the leader of the blood-soaked Crusades and breaks new ground by openly discussing Richard's homosexuality. A dual biography of the legendary Richard the Lionheart and the Sultan Saladin, iconic hero of the Islamic world, Warriors of God recounts the life of each man and reveals the passions of the times that brought them face-to-face in the final battle of the Third Crusade.
James Reston, Jr., the author of Galileo: A Life (called 'masterful' and 'brilliant' by the Washington Post) and the critically lauded The Last Apocalypse, a stunningly original portrait of the Christian world at the turn of first millennium, now re-creates the collision of the Christian holy wars and the Muslim jihad at the end of the twelfth century. "The epic story of the battle for the Holy Land and the two larger-than-life figures at its center. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs from the Library of Congress, Walters Art Museum, Gelman Library in George Washington University etc. Includes Dedication Foreword Epilogue Acknowledgments Selected Bibliography and Index.
New condition black boards/red spine/gold spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket.
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