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

Podrobnaya istoriya krestovyh pohodov, rasskazannaya avtorom bestsellerov «Tampliery» i «Plantagenety» Denom Dzhonsom. Bolee tysyachi let hristiane i musul'mane zhili bok o bok, inogda v mire, a inogda v sostoyanii voyny. No kogda v 1099 godu hristianskie armii zahvatili Ierusalim, nachalsya samyy pechal'no izvestnyy period protivostoyaniya dvuh religiy. Rasshiryaya privychnye vremennye ramki, Dzhons obrashchaetsya k istokam hristiansko-musul'manskih otnosheniy v VIII veke i proslezhivaet vliyanie krestovyh pohodov do nashih dney. On rasshiryaet i geografiyu sobytiy, privodya chitatelya v Ispaniyu, Severnuyu Afriku, na yug Francii, v strany Baltii, gde tozhe zhili tak nazyvaemye «vragi Cerkvi». Rasskazyvaya istorii otdel'nyh uchastnikov krestovyh pohodov, Dzhons pokazyvaet eti stoletiya konflikta ne tol'ko s poziciy pap i koroley, no i glazami arabo-siciliyskogo poeta, vizantiyskoy princessy, sunnitskogo uchenogo, shiitskogo vizirya, mongol'skogo voenachal'nika, a takzhe prostyh hristianskih monahov.