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Saladin

By David , Nicolle

Book information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Year
2011
ISBN
9781849083171, 9781849083188, 9781780962368
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
20 MB (20479529 bytes)
Series
Command 12
Pages
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Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52

Description

This Osprey Command book looks closely at the early life, military experiences and key battlefield exploits of Al-Malik al-Nasir Yusuf Ibn Najm al-Din Ayyub Ibn Shahdi Abu'l-Muzaffar Salah al-Din – or Saladin as he is more commonly known outside the Islamic world – who is broadly regarded as the greatest hero of the Crusades, even in Europe. Most chroniclers present him as a man of outstanding virtue, courage and political skill. More recently, however, efforts have been made to portray Saladin as an ambitious, ruthless and even devious politician, and as a less brilliant commander than is normally thought. This book sets out to reveal that the truth is, as usual, somewhere in between.

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