A History of the Crusades III

The Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades

Steven Runciman

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Penguin
30 January 2017

History; Asian history; Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700; Crusades

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

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'The whole tale is one of faith and folly, courage and greed, hope and delusion' In 1187 the catastrophic Battle of Hattin resulted in Saladin's destruction of the crusaders' main army. In an atmosphere of total crisis, the three principal leaders of Europe, Philip Augustus, Richard the Lionheart and Frederick Barbarossa decided that they should personally lead armies to relieve the beleaguered survivors. A triumph of prose-writing, argument and research, Steven Runciman's A History of the Crusades is an unimprovable account of events which changed the world and which still resonate today. In this final volume he starts with the glamorous Third Crusade and then tells the later story as the crusader states collapsed - a less well-known but fascinating period where crusaders found themselves fighting everywhere from Egyptian swamps to the Great Hungarian Plain and the apparent clarity of the original urge to liberate Jerusalem seemed a distant dream.

By: Steven Runciman
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 330g
ISBN: 9780241298770
ISBN 10: 0241298776
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Pages: 560
Publication Date: 30 January 2017
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active