{"product_id":"the-crusader-storm-nicholas-morton-9781399818735","title":"The Crusader Storm","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Bold, vital and urgent . . . Blows the old parochial Western accounts clean away' SUZANNAH LIPSCOMB\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA spectacular new panoramic history of the Crusades. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR THE MONGOL STORM:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e  'Brain-stretching . . . Pulsating . . . Irresistible' \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e  SUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'Deeply researched and elegantly written - essential reading' \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e  DAN JONES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'Erudite . . . Thrilling and much-needed' \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e  DAILY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e  'Revelatory, lively and stocked with colourful personalities'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e  LITERARY REVIEW\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nicholas Morton","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":49198389362931,"sku":"9781399818735","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781399818735.jpg?v=1780516935","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/the-crusader-storm-nicholas-morton-9781399818735","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}