Thomas Asbridge's Books
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First CrusadeA hugely compelling and convincing re-creation of one of the bloodiest and most significant episodes of early medieval history: the First Crusade, andRead More -
The CrusadesAn astonishingly assured, convincing and gripping one-volume history of the Crusades to the Holy LandRead More
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Penarth Times, October 28, 2012
...ON SATURDAY, November 3, the Penarth Book Festival will play host to Dr Thomas Asbridge, probably best known nationally as the presenter of BBC Two's landmark series The Crusades broadcast earlier this year. Based on his book, The Crusades - The War for...
Guardian.co.uk, May 27, 2012
...that history works best when written or presented by a historian who really knows the subject, such as Thomas Asbridge on the Crusades or David Reynolds on postwar international summits. It's when historians leave the territory of their expertise, get...
Enhance TV, December 29, 2012
...Dr Thomas Asbridge reveals that the outcome of these epic holy wars was decided not on the hallowed ground of Jerusalem, but in Egypt. As trade blossomed between Christians and Muslims and...
Enhance TV, December 22, 2012
...This week Dr Thomas Asbridge examines the Third Crusade and the two renowned figures who have come to embody Crusader war: Richard the Lionheart, king of England, and the mighty Muslim sultan Saladin, unifier...
Enhance TV, December 15, 2012
...Dr Thomas Asbridge reveals that the outcome of these epic holy wars was decided not on the hallowed ground of Jerusalem, but in Egypt. As trade blossomed between Christians and Muslims and...
Yahoo! News Australia, December 15, 2012
...Documentary | PG ... Thomas Asbridge presents his revelatory account of the Crusades, the 200-year war between Christians and Muslims for control of the...
Enhance TV, December 13, 2012
...This week Dr Thomas Asbridge examines the Third Crusade and the two renowned figures who have come to embody Crusader war: Richard the Lionheart, king of England, and the mighty Muslim sultan Saladin, unifier...
Enhance TV, December 6, 2012
...been hijacked by politics and religious fervour, with both Muslim and Western worlds misunderstanding the truth. Historian Dr Thomas Asbridge is on a mission to shed new light on these legendary wars, and re-analyse the romanticised, idealised history...
Deseret Morning News, November 28, 2012
...upon the empire. In his book, “The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land,” Thomas Asbridge writes, “The Greek emperor's request appears to have chimed with notions already fermenting in Urban II's mind, and through the...
