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The Crusades Through Arab Eyes - (Saqi Essentials) by Amin Maalouf (Paperback)

The Crusades Through Arab Eyes - (Saqi Essentials) by  Amin Maalouf (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>European and Arab versions of the Crusaders have little common. What the West remembers as an epic effort to reconquer the Holy Land is portrayed here as a brutal, destructive, unprovoked invasion by barbarian hordes. When, under Saladian, a powerful Muslin army-inspired by prophets and poets-defeated the Crusaders, it was greatest victory ever won by a non-European society against the West.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><i>The Crusades Through Arab Eyes </i>may be warmly recommended to lay-readers and students alike.<br>--<i>The Times Literary Supplement </i>(London)<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>AMIN MAALOUF</b> was director of the weekly international edition of the leading Beirut daily <i>an-Nahar, </i> and was also editor-on-chief of <i>Jeune Afrique.</i>

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