num_pages: 208
description: The extraordinary character and career of Saladin are the keys to understanding the Battle of Hattin the fall of Jerusalem and the failure of the Third Crusade. He united warring Muslim lands reconquered the bulk of Crusader states and faced the Richard the Lion Heart king of England in one of the most famous confrontations in medieval warfare. Geoffrey Hindley's sympathetic and highly readable study of the life and times of this remarkable many-sided man who dominated the Middle East in his day gives a fascinating insight into his achievements and into the Muslim world of his contemporaries.
language: English
title: Saladin: Hero Of Islam
publisher: Pen & Sword Military