{"product_id":"a-history-of-the-crusades-ii-by-steven-runciman-9780241298763","title":"A History of the Crusades II","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRunciman's great Crusades trilogy reissued in Penguin Modern Classics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'The whole tale is one of faith and folly, courage and greed, hope and delusion'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe triumph of the First Crusade transformed the eastern Mediterranean, creating a series of European-ruled states along the coast and in Armenia. But the region's Muslim rulers were far from defeated, and the major cities of inland Syria, Egypt, and elsewhere now rallied to expel the colonisers. How could the crusaders stabilise their rule and continue to attract the thousands of new recruits needed to replace their terrible losses, both from battle and disease?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA triumph of prose-writing, argument, and research, Steven Runciman's \u003cem\u003eA History of the Crusades\u003c\/em\u003e is an unimprovable account of events which changed the world and which still resonate today. In this second volume, he tells the story of the catastrophic Second Crusade and the inexorable rise of the crusaders' nemesis, Saladin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46249833627884,"sku":"9780241298763","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780241298763.jpg?v=1741520074","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/a-history-of-the-crusades-ii-by-steven-runciman-9780241298763","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}