Amin Maalouf's The Crusades Through Arab Eyesis a landmark work that retells the history of the Crusades through contemporary Arabic chronicles rather than a solely Western narrative.
Originally published in French in 1983, Maalouf draws extensively on medieval Arabic chronicles to illuminate how the Crusades were experienced by the Arab societies of the eastern Mediterranean.
Written with the pace and accessibility of a narrative history while grounded in primary source material, the book has introduced generations of readers to an often-overlooked perspective on one of history's defining encounters between East and West. This Schocken Books edition is an excellent copy of a work that continues to be widely read by students, historians, and general readers interested in medieval and Middle Eastern history.
