God's wolf : the life of the most notorious of all crusaders, scourge of Saladin /
In a 2010 terrorist plot, Al-Qaeda hid a bomb in a FedEx shipment addressed to a man who had been dead for 800 years. Born in twelfth-century France and bred for violence, Reynald de Chatillon was a young knight who joined the Second Crusade and rose through the ranks to become the preeminent figure...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.,
[2017]
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| Edition: | First American edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: A monstrous unbeliever
- Dead man walking
- The wild East
- Knight-errant
- Arriviste
- Diabolic daring
- A violent sinner
- Guardian of the land
- Imperial vassal
- In the power of Nur al-Din
- Years of darkness
- Phoenix
- Hero
- Lord of La Grand Berrie
- Desert raider
- Sea wolf
- The lion and the wolf
- The "Manchurian" regent
- King-maker
- Truce-breaker
- Apocalypse
- The ultimate crusader.