The extraordinary character and career of Saladin are the keys to understanding the Battle of Hattin, the fall of Jerusalem and the failure of the Third Crusade. He united warring Muslim lands, reconquered the bulk of Crusader states and faced the Richard the Lion Heart, king of England, in one of the most famous confrontations in medieval warfare. Geoffrey Hindley's sympathetic and highly readable study of the life and times of this remarkable, many-sided man, who dominated the Middle East in his day, gives a fascinating insight into his achievements and into the Muslim world of his contemporaries.
- ISBN10 1783370238
- ISBN13 9781783370238
- Publish Date 19 April 2007 (first published 15 February 2007)
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint Pen & Sword Military
- Format eBook
- Pages 224
- Language English