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"The basic idea of this book is simple: to tell the story of the Crusades as they were seen, lived, and recorded on the other side’—in other words, in the Arab camp. Its content is based almost exclusively on the testimony of contemporary Arab historians and chroniclers. These latter spoke not of Crusades, but of Frankish wars, or the Frankish invasions�." - Introduction

A profound, deeply interesting and well-balanced read.

I am so glad for the prompt that made me seek out this book and highly recommend it for those who are interested in the crusades.

More thoughts to come (hopefully I'll find the time to add them).