{"product_id":"9780141985503","title":"A History of the Crusades I : The First Crusade and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem (Penguin Modern Classics)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first volume of Steven Runciman's classic, hugely influential trilogy on the history of the Crusades\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'On a February day in the year AD 638 the Caliph Omar entered Jerusalem, riding upon a white camel'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn enthralling work of grand historical narrative, Steven Runciman's A History of the Crusades overturned the traditional view of the Crusades as a romantic Christian adventure, and instead shifted the focus of the story to the East. With verve and drama, volume one of Runciman's trilogy tells the story of the First Crusade - from its unlikely beginnings in pilgrimage to the horrors of the siege of Jerusalem and the carving out of new territory on the edge of the eastern Mediterranean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Without question one of the major feats of contemporary historical writing' The New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'The historian whose magisterial works transformed our understanding of Byzantium, the medieval church and the crusades' Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52903614447925,"sku":"EB_HI0300_I15-06_DUBAI","price":81.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0971\/7773\/1381\/files\/9780141985503-1.jpg?v=1789399836","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.ae\/products\/9780141985503","provider":"Books Kinokuniya UAE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}