A history of the Crusades. II The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East, 1100-1187 - Steven Runciman

The second volume of Steven Runciman's classic, hugely influential trilogy on the history of the Crusades

'There was magic about. Saladin himself was troubled by terrible dreams...'

Steven
Runciman's unrivalled history of the Crusades is a classic of learning
and vivid, compelling storytelling, which brilliantly brings to life the
personalities, battles, massacres, triumphs and follies of these
epochal events. In this second volume of his trilogy Runciman tells the
story of the foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the disastrous,
bloody Second Crusade and the inexorable rise of the crusaders' nemesis,
Saladin.

'The pre-eminent historian of the Byzantine Empire
and of the Crusades ... a surefooted guide who could render the past
visible and familiar' Daily Telegraph

'He tells his story plain ... always pleasurable to read' Gore Vidal