Saladin and the Fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem (English Edition)

"Saladin is one of the few oriental personages who need no introduction to English readers. Sir Walter Scott has performed that friendly office with the warmth and insight of appreciative genius. It was Saladin's good fortune to attract the notice not only of the great romancer, but also of King Richard, and to this accident he partly owes the result that, instead of remaining a dry historical expression, under the Arabic style of el-Melik en-Nasir Salah-eddin Yusuf ibn Ayyub he has become, by the abbreviated name of Saladin, that familiar and amiable companion which is called a household word. The idea, it is true, is vague and romantic. The Talisman has given us a noble portrait of the Sultan whose chivalry and generosity excited the admiration of the Crusaders, but the reader is left in uncertainty as to the history and achievements of the hero, and what he is told in those fascinating pages is not always strictly authentic..." - Stanley Lane-Poole

Contents: Saladin's World. The First Crusade, 1098. The Harbinger, 1127. The Fall of Edessa, 1127-1144. Saladin's Youth, 1138-1164. The Conquest of Egypt, 1164-1169. Vezir of Egypt, 1169-1171. Saladin at Cairo, 1171-1173. The Conquest of Syria, 1174-1176. Truces and Treaties, 1176-1181. The Conquest of Mesopotamia, 1181-1183. Damascus, 1183-1186. The Battle of Hittin, 1187. Jerusalem Regained, 1187. The Rally at Tyre, 1187-1188. The Battle of Acre, 1189. The Siege of Acre, 1189-91. The Loss of Acre, 1191. The Coast March, Aug.-Sept. 1191. In Sight of Jerusalem, Sept. 1191-July 1192. The Last Fight at Jaffa, 1192. At Rest, 1192-1193. Saladin in Romance.