The First Crusade
The first 60-80 pages are about papal politics and the overall situation in Europe, which I ended up skimming. Once the crusaders got under way, things started to get interesting. There is actually much more information about the siege of Antioch than Jerusalem. From cannibalism to siege engines to unremitting bloodshed, its hard to imagine how anyone survived.
The First Crusade: A New History: The Roots of Conflict between Christianity and Islam
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