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Reston Jr., James : Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade

Doubleday, 2001

ISBN 9780385495615

Stated First Edition. DJ in archival cover., Fine

1st Edition

RESTON,Jr,JAMES: : WARRIORS OF GOD: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade

LONDON.FABER and FABER LIMITED,2001.

ISBN 0571210570.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour pictorial painting detail ['Richard I in Palestine' by Philip James (Jacques) de Loutherbourgh (1740-1812)] illustrated dw/dj panels with b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain black paper-covered boards with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a red+yellow striped headband and immaculate plain maroon endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,viii-xxpp+3-364pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,author's foreword,Pts I+II comprising 17 and 16 chapters respectively,an epilogue,16pp historical and contemporary b/w illus reproductions and b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp140/1 and pp204/5 respectively,a few b/w maps+plans interspersed throughout the text and the book,acknowledgements,a select bibliography and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title,publisher advert for author's other works,title page,2pp principal characters,b/w head-piece illustrated Pts separator pages,and b/w illustrated chapter headpieces. The epic story of the battle for the Holy Land and the two larger-than-life figures at its centre. James Reston,Jr brilliantly re-creates the collision of the Christian holy wars and the Muslim jihad at the end of the 12thC.A dual biography of the legendary Richard the Lionheart and the Sultan Saladin,iconic hero of the Islamic world, 'Warriors of God' 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. Richard the Lionheart,commonly depicted as the romantic personification of chivalry,here emerges in his full complexity and contradictions,as Reston examines the dark side of Richard's role as the leader of the blood-soaked Crusades and breaks new ground by openly discussing Richard's homosexuality. Reston's compelling portrait of Saladin brings to life the wise,highly cultured leader who realised an enduring Arab dream by uniting Egypt and Syria,and whose conquest of Jerusalem not only sparked the Third Crusade but ignited the first jihad and turned Saladin into a hero of epic proportions.In riveting descriptions, Reston captures the fascinating clash of the two armies as they battled their way to their final confrontation at the outskirts of Jerusalem. Sweeping readers into a mesmerising period of history,'Warriors of God' is a provocative look at two towering leaders and the not-always-noble causes for which they fought. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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