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 musulmane zhili bok o bok, inogda v mire, a inogda v sostoyanii voyny. No kogda v 1099 godu hristianskie armii zahvatili Ierusalim, nachalsya samyy pechalno izvestnyy period protivostoyaniya dvuh religiy. Rasshiryaya privychnye vremennye ramki, Dzhons obraschaetsya k istokam hristiansko-musulmanskih 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 Frantsii, v strany Baltii, gde tozhe zhili tak nazyvaemye vragi Tserkvi. Rasskazyvaya istorii otdelnyh uchastnikov krestovyh pohodov, Dzhons pokazyvaet eti stoletiya konflikta ne tolko s pozitsiy pap i koroley, no i glazami arabo-sitsiliyskogo poeta, vizantiyskoy printsessy, sunnitskogo uchenogo, shiitskogo vizirya, mongolskogo voenachalnika, a takzhe prostyh hristianskih monahov.