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Crusade

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by Linda Press Wulf


  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.

  By the Same Author

  The Night of the Burning

  Bloomsbury Publishing, London, Berlin, New York and Sydney

  First published in Great Britain in January 2011 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

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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

  Imprint

 

 

 


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