{"product_id":"crusader-storm-the-1","title":"Crusader Storm, The","description":"'Bold, vital and urgent . . . Blows the old parochial Western accounts clean away' SUZANNAH LIPSCOMB\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA spectacular new panoramic history of the Crusades. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Crusader Storm 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRAISE FOR THE MONGOL STORM:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Brain-stretching . . . Pulsating . . . Irresistible' \u003cbr\u003e SUNDAY TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Deeply researched and elegantly written - essential reading' \u003cbr\u003e DAN JONES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Erudite . . . Thrilling and much-needed' \u003cbr\u003e DAILY TELEGRAPH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Revelatory, lively and stocked with colourful personalities'\u003cbr\u003e LITERARY REVIEW","brand":"John Murray Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57883332313423,"sku":"9781399818735","price":29.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0061\/0372\/8217\/files\/9781399818735_1-crusader-storm-the.jpg?v=1781071533","url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/crusader-storm-the-1","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}