The Crusades Through Arab Eyes - (Saqi Essentials) by Amin Maalouf (Paperback)

From the Back Cover

European and Arab versions of the Crusaders have little common. What the West remembers as an epic effort to reconquer the Holy Land is portrayed here as a brutal, destructive, unprovoked invasion by barbarian hordes. When, under Saladian, a powerful Muslin army-inspired by prophets and poets-defeated the Crusaders, it was greatest victory ever won by a non-European society against the West.

Review Quotes

"The Crusades Through Arab Eyes may be warmly recommended to lay-readers and students alike."
--The Times Literary Supplement (London)

About the Author

AMIN MAALOUF was director of the weekly international edition of the leading Beirut daily an-Nahar, and was also editor-on-chief of Jeune Afrique.