Crusaders: The Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands

For more than one thousand years, Christians and Muslims lived side by side, sometimes at peace and sometimes at war. When Christian armies seized Jerusalem in 1099, they began the most notorious period of conflict between the two religions. Depending on who you ask, the fall of the holy city was either an inspiring legend or the greatest of horrors.

In Crusaders, Dan Jones interrogates the many sides of the larger story, charting an avowedly pluralist path through the crusading era. With a richly dramatic narrative that gives voice to sources usually pushed to the margins, Jones has written an authoritative survey of the holy wars with global scope and human focus.