Best History Books on Crusades
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The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land
by:
Thomas Asbridge
4.22 avg rating — 6,682 ratings 
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A History of the Crusades, Vol. II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East, 1100-1187
by:
Steven Runciman
4.34 avg rating — 901 ratings 7. 
A History of the Crusades, Volume 1: The First Crusade and the Foundations of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
by:
Steven Runciman
4.28 avg rating — 1,853 ratings 8. 
Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade
by:
James Reston Jr.
3.96 avg rating — 2,008 ratings 
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A History of the Crusades, Vol. III: The Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades
by:
Steven Runciman
4.36 avg rating — 701 ratings 
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The Year 1000: What Life Was Like At the Turn of the First Millennium
by:
Robert Lacey
3.87 avg rating — 5,818 ratings 
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The Sicilian Vespers: A History of the Mediterranean World in the Later Thirteenth Century
by:
Steven Runciman
4.22 avg rating — 504 ratings 
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1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West
by:
Roger Crowley
4.25 avg rating — 6,902 ratings 
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Crusaders: The Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands
by:
Dan Jones
4.13 avg rating — 4,843 ratings 
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The Jews and the Crusaders: The Hebrew Chronicles of the First and Second Crusades
by:
Shlomo Eidelberg
3.73 avg rating — 22 ratings 
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The Templars: The Dramatic History of the Knights Templar, the Most Powerful Military Order of the Crusades
by:
Piers Paul Read
3.62 avg rating — 1,676 ratings 32. 
The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors
by:
Dan Jones
3.92 avg rating — 11,456 ratings 
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How the Grail Became Holy: A Quest to Discover the Origin of the Holy Grail Legend 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople 3.89 avg rating — 185 ratings
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The Third Crusade 1191: Richard the Lionheart, Saladin and the struggle for Jerusalem (Campaign, 161)
by:
David Nicolle
3.91 avg rating — 75 ratings 44. 
Hattin 1187: Saladin's greatest victory (Campaign, 19)
by:
David Nicolle
3.78 avg rating — 72 ratings 
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Accursed Tower: The Fall of Acre and the End of the Crusades
by:
Roger Crowley
3.95 avg rating — 687 ratings 
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Saladin: The Sultan Who Vanquished the Crusaders and Built an Islamic Empire
by:
John Man
3.92 avg rating — 1,711 ratings 53. 
Infidel Kings and Unholy Warriors: Faith, Power, and Violence in the Age of Crusade and Jihad
by:
Brian Catlos
3.79 avg rating — 209 ratings 
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The Cross and the Crescent: A History of the Crusades
by:
Malcolm Billings
3.49 avg rating — 37 ratings 
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The Making of Saint Louis: Kingship, Sanctity, and Crusade in the Later Middle Ages 4.22 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Folklore of The Holy Land: Moslem, Christian and Jewish
by:
J.E. Hanauer
3.53 avg rating — 17 ratings 
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The Chronicle of Richard of Devizes of the Time of King Richard the First really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
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The Troubadour's Song: The Capture and Ransom of Richard the Lionheart
by:
David Boyle
3.87 avg rating — 134 ratings 70. 
The Fall of Constantinople: The Ottoman Conquest of Byzantium
by:
David Nicolle
3.72 avg rating — 68 ratings 71. 
Defenders of the Faith: Charles V, Suleyman the Magnificent, and the Battle for Europe, 1520-1536
by:
James Reston Jr.
4.03 avg rating — 781 ratings 72. 
The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Islamic World
by:
Ira M. Lapidus
3.77 avg rating — 47 ratings 73. 
The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Middle Ages, 350-950
by:
Robert Fossier
4.10 avg rating — 39 ratings 74. 
Sacred Violence: The European Crusades to the Middle East, 1095-1396
by:
Jill N. Claster
3.81 avg rating — 42 ratings 74. 
A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience
by:
Emerson W. Baker
3.84 avg rating — 1,319 ratings 74. 
Dungeon, Fire and Sword: The Knights Templar in the Crusades
by:
John J. Robinson
4.05 avg rating — 587 ratings 
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HITLER CHRIST - Nazism, Fascism, Socialism: Swastika, Cross, Hakenkreuz, Hooked-Cross, Crucifixion
by:
Ian Tinny
4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings 
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Secrets of the Knights Templar: The Hidden History of the World's Most Powerful Order
by:
S.J. Hodge
3.81 avg rating — 113 ratings 
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Nebuchadnezzar's Dream: The Crusades, Apocalyptic Prophecy, and the End of History
by:
Jay Rubenstein
4.07 avg rating — 28 ratings 74. 
The Rise and Fall of the Knights Templar: The Order of the Temple 1118-1314 - A True History of Faith, Glory, Betrayal
by:
Gordon Napier
3.71 avg rating — 49 ratings 
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Victory in the East: A Military History of the First Crusade
by:
John France
3.81 avg rating — 43 ratings 93. 
A Most Holy War: The Albigensian Crusade and the Battle for Christendom 3.33 avg rating — 122 ratings
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God's Wolf: The Life of the Most Notorious of all Crusaders, Scourge of Saladin
by:
Jeffrey Lee
3.88 avg rating — 274 ratings 
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The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane (The Physick Book, #1)
by:
Katherine Howe
3.72 avg rating — 57,770 ratings