Excellent History of Saladin

The rare and Excellent History of Saladin (Crusade Texts in Translation)
by D. S. Richards
Edition: Paperback
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Excellent primary source., July 18, 2008
'The forces of Islam surrounded the forces of unbelief and impiety on all sides, loosed volleys of arrows at them and engaged them hand to hand.'

'I fear to make peace, not knowing what may become of me. Our enemy will grow strong, now that they have retained these lands.'

After the 14th revision I shall just say I enjoyed reading this book. It is a good read as well as being a must have for anyone with even a remote interest in the crusades, the military orders (mentioned in passing a few times), the history of the area, the history of religion and so on. I must also mention pleasure of seeing the view from the other side which this enabled me to do. It was interesting to see (among others) Richard the Lionheart's name always followed by a phrase similar to 'may God forsake him'.