The riveting and definitive biography of the Islamic world's most famous military hero
Jonathan Phillips is Professor of Crusading History at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the author of Holy Warriors- A Modern History of the Crusades; The Second Crusade- Extending the Frontiers of Christianity; The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople; The Crusades, 1095-1197; Defenders of the Holy Land, 1119-1187 and the co-editor of three academic essay collections on the Crusades. Phillips is the co-editor of the academic journal Crusades, writes for BBC History and History Today and has made numerous radio and television appearances.
Superb, highly readable and definitive ... One of the world’s
leading crusades scholars ... Phillips's narrative of Saladin's
career is vivid and judicious, punctuated by set pieces that charge
along like battle scenes from Game of Thrones
*Sunday Times*
Superbly researched and enormously entertaining ... one of the
outstanding books of the year
*The Times*
An authoritative and brilliantly told account of the life of one of
the world’s greatest – and most famous – military leaders. Jonathan
Phillips leaves no stone unturned in this impressive and lively
history of the genius who was Saladin
*PETER FRANKOPAN, author of The Silk Roads*
Outstanding. Jonathan Phillips has written a compelling account of
arguably the most inspirational of Islamic military heroes
*CHRISTOPHER DE BELLAIGUE, author of The Islamic Enlightenment*
Fascinating, authoritative and intelligent
*Spectator*
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