01194nam a22001817a 450000500170000000800410001702000150005804000070007304100120008008200220009210000200011424500250013426000320015930000250019152007470021665000270096370000220099020230107090923.0230107b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a0141022396  cAL  aEnglish  223a956.940bRUNA  aSteven Runciman  aAssault on Jerusalem  aLondonbPenguin Booksc2005  a56 p.bPBc18x11 cm.  aIn May 2005 Penguin will publish 70 unique titles to celebrate the company's 70th birthday. The titles in the Pocket Penguins series are emblematic of the renowned breadth of quality of the Penguin list and will hark back to Penguin founder Allen Lane's vision of 'good books for all'.
One of the greatest historical writers of the twentieth century, Steven Runciman was famous for throwing light on some very dark ages: his definitive A History of the Crusades, first published by Penguin in 1965, transformed the common view of the Holy Wars through its impartial and penetrating approach. Here, he describes the brutal and decisive tenth-century victory of the crusaders over Arab forces in Jerusalem, occupied for over four hundred years.  aMiddle East--Jerusalem  aRUNCIMAN (Steven)