Crusaders
An Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands
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Narrated by:
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Dan Jones
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Dan Jones
About this listen
Dan Jones, best-selling chronicler of the Middle Ages, turns his attention to the history of the Crusades - the sequence of religious wars fought between the late 11th century and late medieval periods, in which armies from European Christian states attempted to wrest the Holy Land from Islamic rule, and which have left an enduring imprint on relations between the Muslim world and the West.
From the preaching of the First Crusade by Pope Urban II in 1095 to the loss of the last crusader outpost in the Levant in 1302-03, and from the taking of Jerusalem from the Fatimids in 1099 to the fall of Acre to the Mamluks in 1291, Crusaders tells a tale soaked in Islamic, Christian and Jewish blood, peopled by extraordinary characters, and characterised by both low ambition and high principle.
Dan Jones is a master of popular narrative history, with the priceless ability to write page-turning narrative history underpinned by authoritative scholarship. Never before has the era of the Crusades been depicted in such bright and striking colours, or their story told with such gusto.
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Dan reads very well and when an author reads their book it's a winner.
I'm new to looking at the Crusades and overall this was an excellent dive into a bygone era.
The barbaric happenings are the lingering after thought stay with me here, as thousands lay slain in the wake of what happens time and again throughtout this fairly lengthy reading.
As it traverses several centuries it becomes a little difficult to retain the names.
As often is the case with history it is also difficult to get an intimate look at the cast and their true personalites.
Obviously a well reasearched take on the Crusades - it must be quite the undertaking to write such a book.
I'll likely delve further into the subject and listen to this again to digest more from it.
As someone who is new to the subject - i found the book quite accessible in it's language and presentation ' overall very interesting.
So yesss worthwhile.
thank you.
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This is complemented by his own strong narration which he handles with aplomb.
Great work.
How an audiobook adaptation should be done.
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Another great Dan Jones audiobook
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An intriguing sojourn through the troubled waters of the history of crusaders and crusading
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