God's Wolf: The Life of the Most Notorious of All Crusaders, Scourge of Saladin (Audiobook)

from prichardson

I thoroughly enjoyed this book as it attempts to discover the real Reynald of Chatillon. Often portrayed as one of the worst villains of the Medieval age I think this goes some way to providing greater balance to his story, though I feel that the truth remains somewhat obscure. Thoroughly enterta...

from drmaf

Great book about the man who may have been the archetypal crusader, infamous in his day, but largely forgotten, in the West anyway. Its a different story in the Islamic world, where Raymond de Chatillon is remembered as a brutal and amoral thug, the worst of the crusaders. Lee start his account b...

from kurtbaumeister

Enjoyable reading. Presents a counter-case to the usual portrayal of Reynald de Chatillon (a Frankish crusader of the mid-late 12th century) as one of period's primary villains. Depicted in the Ridley Scott film KINGDOM OF HEAVEN (played by Brendan Gleeson), Reynald is an impious warmonger guilty...

from prichardson

I thoroughly enjoyed this book as it attempts to discover the real Reynald of Chatillon. Often portrayed as one of the worst villains of the Medieval age I think this goes some way to providing greater balance to his story, though I feel that the truth remains somewhat obscure. Thoroughly enterta...

from drmaf

Great book about the man who may have been the archetypal crusader, infamous in his day, but largely forgotten, in the West anyway. Its a different story in the Islamic world, where Raymond de Chatillon is remembered as a brutal and amoral thug, the worst of the crusaders. Lee start his account b...