Sir Simon Mayall

'A fascinating history', Charles Moore, The Spectator A powerful history of the most significant military clashes between Islam and Christendom over the 1,300 years of the Muslim caliphate. From the taking of the holy city of Jerusalem in the 7th century AD by Caliph Umar, to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire following the end of World War I, Christian...

The confrontation between Islam and Christendom that began almost from the death of the Prophet Mohammed in AD 632 and endured to the dissolution of the 1300-year-old Muslim caliphate in 1924 has shaped the modern world. From the taking of Jerusalem in AD 638 by Caliph Umar, to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, Christian Popes, Emperors and...