Welcome to Litsy!

This isn't a testament to "Christian glory over the infidel" as many modern day media depictions show it. Instead this book covers the greatness & foibles of each side as they battle to the inevitable conclusions. The Crusaders were stimiied by geographic distance & the ever shifting sands of country politics & alliances, & in the medieval ages the Middle East was just more advanced than Europe in medicine, science, and warfare. Lots of good info!

I was so thrilled to read the first book of the Brethren trilogy, but this, the second book, did unfortunately not live up to my expectations. There were some bits that were just far too drawn out, but I must say that the ending did keep me reading for 5 hours straight!
All in all not a good book, but not horrible either. If you're into historical, complicated stories about the crusades, then I can recommend it, but otherwise not.