Warriors of God; Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade
by James Reston, Jr
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385495617
- ISBN 13
- 9780385495615
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Doubleday/Random House, 2001 Doubleday/Random House, New York. 2001. Hardcover. First Edition/8th Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to head and tail. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($27.50); light bumping to head and tail. Black boards with red overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 264 pp 8vo. This is the epic story of the battle for the Holy Land and the two larger-than-life figures at its center.This is a recreation of the collision of the Christian Holy Wars and the Muslim jihad at the end of the 12th Century. This dual biography of Richard the Lionheart and Sultan Saladin, iconic hero of the Islamic World, recounts the life of each man and reveals the passions of the times that brought them face-to-face in the final battle of the Third Crusade. A clean very presentable copy.
Synopsis
James Reston. Jr. is the author of eleven previous books, including The Last Apocalypse and Galileo: A Life. He lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008495
- Title
- Warriors of God; Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade
- Author
- James Reston, Jr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385495617
- ISBN 13
- 9780385495615
- Publisher
- Doubleday/Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Richard the Lionheart, Sultan Saladin, Third Crusade, Holy Land, Jerusalem, Palestine, Jordan, chivalry, Muslim jihad, Christian holy wars, homosexuality, first jihad, religion, religious wars
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biographies;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
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Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.