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Language
English
Description
An in-depth portrait of the Crusades-era Mediterranean world, and a new understanding of the forces that shaped it. In Infidel Kings and Unholy Warriors, the award-winning scholar Brian Catlos puts us on the ground in the Mediterranean world of 1050-1200. We experience the sights and sounds of the region just as enlightened Islamic empires and primitive Christendom began to contest it. We learn about the siege tactics, theological disputes, and poetry...
Author
Language
English
Description
The latest novel from #1 internationally best-selling author Paulo Coelho is a classic of inspiration and reflection, a meditation on life, love, and the significance of change. A novel of philosophical reflection set in Jerusalem during the time of the Crusades. Here a community of Christians, Arabs, and Jews who have long lived together harmoniously have been warned of an imminent attack and certain destruction. Contemplating their demise, the...
Author
Series
Remixed classics volume 3
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
In this reimagination of the legend of Robin Hood, Rahma al-Hud and her older sister Zeena travel to Jerusalem for a final mission, and on their way they assemble a ragtag band of misfits and get swept up in Holy Land politics.
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xxii, 335 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
In The Race for Paradise, Paul M. Cobb offers an accurate and accessible representation of the Islamic experience of the Crusades during the Middle Ages. Cobb overturns previous claims and presents new arguments, such as the idea that the Frankish invasions of the Near East were something of a side-show to the broader internal conflict between Sunnis and Shi'ites in the region. The Race for Paradise moves along two fronts as Cobb stresses that, for...
10) Lionheart
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
594 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Richard, the second surviving son of Henry Plantagenet and Eleanor of Aquitaine, inherits the throne from his brother, before embarking on the Third Crusade, a conflict that is complicated by the schemes of his usurping brother, John.
12) Lion heart
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Pub. Plc
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
x, 329 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Investigating his self-styled hippie historian father's claims about a meeting between Richard I and Robin Hood after the Third Crusade, Richard Cathar travels from London to Jerusalem and back again while falling in love with a mysterious journalist.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
423 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
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"In twelfth century, Persia, clever and dreamy Shaherazade stumbles on the Malik's beloved wife entwined with a lover in a sun-dappled courtyard. When Shaherazade recounts her first tale, the story of this infidelity, to the Malik, she sets the Seljuk Empire on fire. Enraged at his wife's betrayal, the once-gentle Malik beheads her. But when that killing does not quench his anger, the Malik begins to marry and behead a new bride each night. Furious...
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