{"product_id":"9780099555032-the-first-crusade","title":"The First Crusade","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Call from the East\u003cbr\u003eThe First Crusade is one of the best-known and most written-about events in history. This book intends to address the history of the First Crusade from the perspective of the east, examining the role of the Byzantine Empire and its ruler, Emperor Alexios I Komnenos.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM THE \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eTHE SILK ROADS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  'Filled with Byzantine intrigue, in every sense this book is important, compellingly revisionist and impressive in its scholarly use of totally fresh sources' Simon Sebag Montefiore\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  In 1096, an expedition of extraordinary scale and ambition set off from Western Europe on a mass pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Three years later, after a journey which saw acute hardship, the most severe dangers and thousands of casualties, the knights of the First Crusade found themselves storming the fortifications and capturing the Holy City. Against all the odds, the expedition had returned Jerusalem to Christian hands. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  In 'the most significant contribution to rethinking the origins and course of the First Crusade for a generation' (Mark Whittow,\u003ci\u003e TLS\u003c\/i\u003e), Frankopan paints a strikingly original picture of this infamous confrontation between Christianity and Islam. Focusing on Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire, a truly fresh interpretation of a very old story emerges that radically alters our understanding of the entire crusade movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40942957035617,"sku":"9780099555032","price":10.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32397397.jpg?v=1737228003","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780099555032-the-first-crusade","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}