{"product_id":"the-crusader-storm","title":"The Crusader Storm","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781399818735\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Trade paperback (UK)\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2026\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: John Murray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Bold, vital and urgent . . . Blows the old parochial Western accounts clean away' SUZANNAH LIPSCOMB\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A refreshing and astutely judged book . . . an extensively researched and fast-paced account of the struggle for the Holy Land . . . Morton confidently steers us through a fabulous cast of characters within the region's myriad Muslim and Eastern Christian powerbrokers. Informative and immensely enjoyable' JONATHAN PHILLIPS\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA spectacular new panoramic history of the Crusades. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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","brand":"ALLIANCE DIST - SF","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41859948871813,"sku":"PR434366","price":43.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TTG9VQ0ITXTR.jpg?v=1789114046","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.com.au\/products\/the-crusader-storm","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}