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Crusaders: The Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands Hardcover – October 1, 2019

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A major new history of the Crusades with an unprecedented wide scope, told in a tableau of portraits of people on all sides of the wars, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Templars.

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 a deeply human and avowedly pluralist path through the crusading era.

Expanding the usual timeframe, Jones looks to the roots of Christian-Muslim relations in the eighth century and tracks the influence of crusading to present day. He widens the geographical focus to far-flung regions home to so-called enemies of the Church, including Spain, North Africa, southern France, and the Baltic states. By telling intimate stories of individual journeys, Jones illuminates these centuries of war not only from the perspective of popes and kings, but from Arab-Sicilian poets, Byzantine princesses, Sunni scholars, Shi'ite viziers, Mamluk slave soldiers, Mongol chieftains, and barefoot friars.

Crusading remains a rallying call to this day, but its role in the popular imagination ignores the cooperation and complicated coexistence that were just as much a feature of the period as warfare. The age-old relationships between faith, conquest, wealth, power, and trade meant that crusading was not only about fighting for the glory of God, but also, among other earthly reasons, about gold. In this richly dramatic narrative that gives voice to sources usually pushed to the margins, Dan Jones has written an authoritative survey of the holy wars with global scope and human focus.
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"Jones’s writing aims at a you-are-there effect . . . The immediacy of [his] book is enhanced by physical and psychological descriptions of the heroes and villains of the story . . . Some of Jones’s primary sources are little known, and even enthusiasts for the subject may never have heard of the Russian Daniel the Abbot, Saint Neophytos the Recluse, or La Chronique de Morigny."—The New York Review of Books

"Every page of [Dan Jones'] extraordinary book provides vivid evidence of the Crusades’ continuing ability to mesmerise...Amid the juicy anecdotes, the great strength of this book is the way in which it illuminates the human networks that underpinned the Crusades."—The Times (UK)

“Jones’ sweeping coverage of a conflict of three centuries’ duration hews to the highest standards of popular history. It is literate, thoroughly engaging, and serious, without condescension towards either its matter or its readers.”—Booklist (*starred*)

“Jones paints a vivid and accurate picture of the culture, politics, and personalities of the crusading period, covering vast swaths of history and many personalities with aplomb."—Publishers Weekly

“Dan Jones, author of The Templars, returns to dazzle readers with a fascinating look at the Crusades. And lest you hesitate because events that took place a thousand years ago appear irrelevant, rest assured: This is no dry, boring tome . . . Like Game of Thrones, this epic tale is peopled with a large cast . . . In a thought-provoking epilogue, Jones brings his narrative into the present day.”—BookPage

“Dan Jones brings to life a tremendous cast of characters from every arena of the crusading world, from the eastern Mediterranean to southern Spain, and from Byzantium to the Baltic. Coupling vivid storytelling with a researcher's eye for the telling anecdote, Jones offers a fresh and vibrant – but meticulously constructed – account of a conflict that raged across the medieval centuries, and whose echoes continue to resonate to the present day.”—Jonathan Phillips, author of The Life and The Legend of The Sultan Saladin and Holy Warriors
 
“A powerful story brilliantly told. Dan Jones writes with pace, wit and insight, a panoramic gaze and unfailing humanity. The result is utterly compelling.”—Helen Castor, author of She-Wolves and Joan of Arc

“The centuries of campaigning to reclaim the Holy Land retain their fascination, as demonstrated by this expert mixture of cutthroat politics, battlefield fireworks, and mass murder . . . As usual, the author has done his homework, laboring mightily to recount century after century of gruesome warfare between profoundly religious cultures with apparently no inhibition against lying and profound cruelty . . . [Readers] will keep the pages turning.”—Kirkus Reviews

“The author’s choice to make the people doing the action rather than the act as the focus is insightful...An entertaining and informative look at a potent historical phenomenon whose echoes are still being felt today.”—Library Journal (*starred*)


Praise for The Templars:

"Dan Jones is an entertainer, but also a bona fide historian. Seldom does one find serious scholarship so easy to read." --The Times, Book of the Year

"Dan Jones gives no credence to the conspiratorial fantasies that have been spun around the Templars over the years . . . His aim is to present a gripping historical narrative, and in this he succeeds." --Cullen Murphy, The Washington Post

"Dan Jones has created a gripping page-turner out of the dramatic history of the Templars, from their spiritual warrior beginnings until their tragic destruction by the French king and the pope. It is genuinely moving and a chilling contemporary warning about the abuse of power through persecution and lies."-- Philippa Gregory, author of The White Queen

"Jones' fast-paced history is laced with tales of blood and bravery, disaster and victory. . . . Drawing on Christian and Muslim sources, he carries the Templars through the crusades with clarity and verve. This is unabashed narrative history, fast-paced and full of incident." --The Sunday Times 

"Gripping...The Templars became poster boys of the early middle ages, famed for their piety and their military prowess...An intoxicating combination." --Peter Frankopan, The Telegraph  

"A fresh, muscular and compelling history of the ultimate miltary-relgious crusading order, combining sensible scholarship with narrative swagger, featuring a cast of exuberantly monstrous sword swingers spattering Christian and Islamic blood from Spain to Jerusalem."--Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Jerusalem: The Biography

Praise for The Plantagenets:

"A real life Game of Thrones, as dramatic and blood-soaked as any work of fantasy . . . Fast-paced and accessible, The Plantagenets is old-fashioned storytelling and will be particularly appreciated by those who like their history red in tooth and claw." --The Wall Street Journal 

"The Plantagenets is rich in detail and scene-setting...The Plantagenets' saga is the story of how English monarchs learned, or failed to learn, how to be kings, and how the English people, commoners and barons alike, learned how to limit their powers."--USA Today 

"Compelling reading." --The Washington Post

About the Author

Dan Jones is the New York Times bestselling author of The Templars, The Plantagenets, Wars of the Roses, and Magna Carta. He wrote and presented the popular Netflix series Secrets of Great British Castles and appeared alongside George R.R. Martin in the official HBO film exploring the real history behind Game of Thrones.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Viking; First Edition (October 1, 2019)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 464 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0525428313
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0525428312
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.68 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.57 x 1.42 x 6.54 inches
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Dan Jones is a historian, broadcaster and award-winning journalist. His books, including The Plantagenets, Magna Carta, The Templars and The Colour of Time, have sold more than one million copies worldwide. He has written and hosted dozens of TV shows including the acclaimed Netflix/Channel 5 series 'Secrets of Great British Castles'. For ten years Dan wrote a weekly column for the London Evening Standard and his writing has also appeared in newspapers and magazines including The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Wall Street Journal, Smithsonian, GQ and The Spectator.

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Rhys D. Schneider
5.0 out of 5 stars As always, excellent book as advertised.
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I'm digging into family history. I'm related to British Royals and I'm looking for any connection to the Templars. Hoping this book will help. I have gotten 1/4 of the way through. Very good read
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5.0 out of 5 stars History told right
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I'm digging into family history. I'm related to British Royals and I'm looking for any connection to the Templars. Hoping this book will help. I have gotten 1/4 of the way through. Very good read
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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, except for editing issues
Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2019
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His style of writing has gotten much better since his first books, which were good but a bit plodding, and I've mostly enjoyed this one. However, it desperately needed a better editor. Or any editor, for that matter. If not for that, I would have rated five stars. I've seen no evidence of a leftist agenda, as another reviewer accused. Both Crusaders and Muslims are presented as they were, which means violent, bigoted and intolerant, yet frequently filled with a zeal for their version of their religions that accomplished quite a lot.
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Andrew Sacks
5.0 out of 5 stars Crusades
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I have read every book on the crusades and I am always amused by how dumb and immature some leaders were. Mr. Jones did it again. He already turned me from a general historian to a heavy medieval nut. Pretty soon I will have finished every book Jones wrote as well as many other writers. But, this is now the definitive crusades book all schools should use.
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Laine
5.0 out of 5 stars Best Crusader Book By Far.
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This book is probably the most bipartisan book on the crusades I've ever read. Dan Jones pulls no punches in telling it like it was without making anyone or any group of people out to be the sole heroes or the sole villians.

As in all of his books he makes history entertaining, informative, and thoroughly enjoyable to read. I like that he didn't restrict himself or his readers just to the "holy" land but took us all over Europe and the near East and he didn't stop at the fall of Jerusalem and call it a day, but went farther and even brought it to a soft conclusion in the modern day. He also gave us just enough peripheral information to understand an event without going off on a tanget.

I saw no leftist agenda anywhere in the book as other reviewers have said and I'd fully recommend this book to anyone
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5.0 out of 5 stars A slight challenge, but excellent history and stories.
Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2022
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A very good read, thorough enough for the above average reader or academic. Combines the history & stories of the Christians, early successes, Muslims and the capture of Jerusalem, and even the end of the Western expansion of the Mongols. Get it. You’ll eventually get through it and enjoy it.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Very Interesting Book
Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2021
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Hard to keep track of all the characters.
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Robert Azimi
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book
Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2022
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By focusing on the stories behind individual crusaders author had found and easy fun way of teaching us about the crusades
My personal favorite is the girl who manned the ramparts in Jerusalem wearing a borrowed mail and cooking pot on her head as a helmet incredibly she survived the situation to tell the tale
Very good book on the subject
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AJ
5.0 out of 5 stars Deus Vult!
Reviewed in Canada on February 28, 2024
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I really like Dan Jones' books! This part of European history is so fascinating. An excellent study before reading his book about the Knights Templar.
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Bernardo Garicochea
5.0 out of 5 stars a breathtaking account of one of most barbaric times in human history
Reviewed in Brazil on April 5, 2023
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Very easy to read. The plot unveils full of incredible characters, giving a deep insight of a medieval mindset. What terrible times our ancestors had do endure
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Mario A.
3.0 out of 5 stars Detalles en el libro
Reviewed in Mexico on December 8, 2022
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Presentó detalles en las esquinas del libro como si ya hubiera sido manipulado.
Bueno el libro pero considero que no llegó en el mejor estado.
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Presentó detalles en las esquinas del libro como si ya hubiera sido manipulado.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good book.
Reviewed in India on April 21, 2024
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Fast, past & cast in its scope.
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5.0 out of 5 stars New to crusades
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 28, 2024
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The book was enjoyable, easy to read and would recommend for someone who is into medieval and is new to the history.
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