The First Crusade by Peter Frankopan
He brilliantly restores the Emperor Alexios I Komnenos to the heart of the story, with a series of catastrophic events in the mid-1090s serving to paint a compelling and strikingly original picture of the expedition to Jerusalem that will change our understanding of the Crusades as a whole.
Frankopan has written a remarkable book that makes as strong case as the incomplete and episodic evidence permits * Literary Review *
Peter Frankopan's reassessment of the Byzantine contribution to the origins and course of the First Crusade offers a compelling and challenging balance to traditional accountsBased on fresh interpretations of primary sources, lucidly written and forcefully argued, The First Crusade will demand attention from scholars while providing an enjoyable and accessible narrative for the general reader -- Christopher Tyerman, author of God’s War: A New History Of The Crusades
In this fluent and dramatic account, Frankopan – quite rightly – places the Emperor Alexios at the heart of the First Crusade... Frankopan illuminates the complex challenges that faced Alexios and deftly depicts the boldness and finesse needed to survive in the dangerous world of medieval Byzantium -- Jonathan Phillips, author of Holy Warriors
A dazzling book, perfectly combining deep scholarship and easy readability. The most important addition to Crusading literature since Runciman -- John Julius Norwich
Frankopan [writes with] tremendous literary verve… The cry to free Jerusalem has never been better expressed… Frankopan's creative revisionism pierces the armour of medieval history with a new weapon: the call of the East -- Colin Gardner * Oxford Times *
Peter Frankopan's reassessment of the Byzantine contribution to the origins and course of the First Crusade offers a compelling and challenging balance to traditional accountsBased on fresh interpretations of primary sources, lucidly written and forcefully argued, The First Crusade will demand attention from scholars while providing an enjoyable and accessible narrative for the general reader -- Christopher Tyerman, author of God’s War: A New History Of The Crusades
In this fluent and dramatic account, Frankopan – quite rightly – places the Emperor Alexios at the heart of the First Crusade... Frankopan illuminates the complex challenges that faced Alexios and deftly depicts the boldness and finesse needed to survive in the dangerous world of medieval Byzantium -- Jonathan Phillips, author of Holy Warriors
A dazzling book, perfectly combining deep scholarship and easy readability. The most important addition to Crusading literature since Runciman -- John Julius Norwich
Frankopan [writes with] tremendous literary verve… The cry to free Jerusalem has never been better expressed… Frankopan's creative revisionism pierces the armour of medieval history with a new weapon: the call of the East -- Colin Gardner * Oxford Times *
Peter Frankopan is currently Senior Research Fellow at Worcester College, Oxford and Faculty Fellow in Medieval and Modern Greek at Oxford University. He is Director-designate of the Centre for Byzantine Studies at Oxford. He took a First in History at Jesus College, Cambridge and completed his doctorate at Oxford, where he was Senior Scholar at Corpus Christi College, and Junior Research Fellow at Worcester College. He has lectured at leading universities all over the world, including at Cambridge, Yale, Harvard, NYU, King's College London, the Institute of Historical Research and at Princeton. His work has been widely published in leading academic journals, including English Historical Review, Journal of Medieval History, Crusades, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies and in many edited volumes. His revised translation of The Alexiad by Anna Komnene was published in 2009.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781847921550 |
| ISBN 10 | 1847921558 |
| Title | The First Crusade |
| Author | Peter Frankopan |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2012-02-02 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Gladstone History Book Prize 2013 (UK) |
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