Saladin In His Time
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A richly detailed work of historical biography, Saladin in His Time chronicles the life and reign of Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub, the legendary Muslim sultan who united the fractured Islamic world and recaptured Jerusalem from the Crusaders in 1187. P. H. Newby presents Saladin not merely as a military genius, but as a complex statesman, a man of deep personal faith, and a ruler whose chivalric reputation earned the respect of both allies and enemies alike. Written with the narrative elegance of a seasoned author, the work situates Saladin firmly within the turbulent political and religious landscape of the twelfth-century Middle East, illuminating the tensions between the Crusader kingdoms, the Fatimid caliphate, and the Sunni revival. Newby argues that understanding Saladin requires understanding his era — a world of shifting alliances, holy war, and competing visions of civilization — and the result is a biography that is as much a portrait of an age as it is of a man.
Author: P. H. Newby
Format: Hardback
Published: 1983, Faber and Faber
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A richly detailed work of historical biography, Saladin in His Time chronicles the life and reign of Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub, the legendary Muslim sultan who united the fractured Islamic world and recaptured Jerusalem from the Crusaders in 1187. P. H. Newby presents Saladin not merely as a military genius, but as a complex statesman, a man of deep personal faith, and a ruler whose chivalric reputation earned the respect of both allies and enemies alike. Written with the narrative elegance of a seasoned author, the work situates Saladin firmly within the turbulent political and religious landscape of the twelfth-century Middle East, illuminating the tensions between the Crusader kingdoms, the Fatimid caliphate, and the Sunni revival. Newby argues that understanding Saladin requires understanding his era — a world of shifting alliances, holy war, and competing visions of civilization — and the result is a biography that is as much a portrait of an age as it is of a man.