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Recommended Books on the Crusades and Europe of that Period:
Buehr, Walter. Crusaders. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1959. Articulately written with imaginative descriptions.
Cosman, Madeleine Pelner. Medieval Wordbook. New York: Facts on File, Inc., 1996. A short and tart dictionary of words used by maids and masters, children and kings of the period.
Harpur, James. The Crusades. An Illustrated History. Thunder’s Mouth Press, New York, 2005. Clear and well written, with numerous illustrations taken from artwork on this theme through the ages.
Ladurie, Emmanuel Le Roy. Montaillou, The Promised Land of Error. New York: Vintage Books, 1979. A unique insight into the everyday life of peasants in a village in southern France (Occitania) from 1318 to 1325, compiled in minute detail for the purposes of the Inquisition against the heresies of Albigensianism by a zealous and meticulous bishop-prosecutor, Jacques Fournier, who later became Pope Benedict XII.
Langley, Andrew. Medieval Life. Eyewitness Books series. London: Dorling Kindersley, 1996. Superb illustrations in a volume of the superb Eyewitness series.
Toussaint-Samat, M. Stories of the Crusades. Myths and Legends series. New York: World Pub. Co., 1966. Well-told stories and fantastical myths that grew up around the Crusades and specific noble or ignoble Crusaders.
About the Author
Linda Press Wulf’s first book of historical fiction, The Night of the Burning, won awards and inclusion in annual lists of the best fiction for young adults. She grew up in South Africa, at a time when there was no TV to distract budding readers. She lives in Berkeley, California, with her husband and two sons, and is at work on her next novel.
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Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
France, 1212
Part One
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Part Two
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Part Three
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Part Four
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
About the Book
About the Author
By the Same Author
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