The Crusades Through Arab Eyes (Paperback)

from jcbrunner

A readable addition to the history of the Crusades from the Muslim viewpoint. The unprovoked incursion of the barbarians and their violence thoroughly shocked the local rulers who took quite some t...

from khammer99

Very even handed approach to the crusades from the "invaded" point of view. Learned some interesting items about the Arab history, that has not been presented in other Western based Crusader books ...

from Zare

As the name of the book says this is a story told from the viewpoint of Arabs and other nations living in the North Africa. It is a very interesting story (author's style is great) and one that sho...

from selfnoise

A very good and relatively easy to read overview of the Arab response to the Franj incursions. Because it is an overview it doesn't give you a very satisfying sense of Arab or muslim culture at the...

from bezoar44

This is a relatively accessible narrative history of the Crusades, drawing from accounts written by contemporary Arab chroniclers. Maalouf takes those accounts more or less at face value; where the...