{"product_id":"2940149854943","title":"The Story of the Crusades (Illustrated)","description":"This edition has been formatted for your NOOK and contains illustrations.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Mohammed the Prophet \u003cbr\u003eA poor shepherd people roaming unnoticed in the deserts of Arabia: a Hero-Prophet sent down to them with a word they could believe: See! the unnoticed becomes world-notable, the small has grown world-great. \u003cbr\u003e          CARLYLE: Hero as Prophet. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe two hundred years which cover, roughly speaking, the actual period of the Holy War, are crammed with an interest that never grows dim. Gallant figures, noble knights, generous foes, valiant women, eager children, follow one another through these centuries, and form a pageant the colour and romance of which can never fade, for the circumstances were in themselves unique. The two great religious forces of the world—Christianity and Islam, the Cross and the Crescent—were at grips with one another, and for the first time the stately East, with its suggestion of mystery, was face to face with the brilliant West, wherein the civilisation and organisation of Rome were at last prevailing over the chaos of the Dark Ages. \u003cbr\u003eA very special kind of interest, moreover, belongs to {10} the story of the Crusades in that the motive of the wars was the desire to rescue from the hands of unbelievers \u003cbr\u003e            Those holy fields\u003cbr\u003eOver whose acres walked those blessed feet\u003cbr\u003eWhich, fourteen hundred year before, were nailed\u003cbr\u003eFor our advantage on the bitter cross.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut we shall see, as we read the story, that this was only a part of the real motive power which inspired and sustained the Holy War. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bronson Tweed Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47068213117168,"sku":"2940149854943","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149854943_p0.jpg?v=1763724656","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149854943","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}