The gripping story of the First Crusade, as witnessed firsthand The fall of Jerusalem in 1099 to an army of exhausted and starving western European soldiers was one of the most extraordinary events in history--with a legacy that remains controversial more than nine centuries later.
This remarkable collection contains firsthand accounts from the knights, religious leaders, and peasants who experienced the First Crusade in all its cruelty and strangeness.
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Penguin Books Chronicles of the first crusade, paperback/christopher tyerman
