Title: A Masterful Treatment of a Turbulent Era
Product review: This book is one of the best I have ever read on this era in Medieval history. Dr. Runciman leaves no stone unturned in presenting an entertaining, yet enlightening narrative of the events which precipitated the First Crusade, the hardships endured by the Franks during these holy wars, and the strategies employed by the Byzantine, Frankish, and Moslem rulers in conquest and counter-conquest in the Levant. One only wishes he had given more glimpses into the lives of the foot-soldiers and natives and the impact of the war, both socially and economically, on them. Notwithstanding, the book is a classic survey of the First Crusade. I am now reading Volume II in the series and find it equally fascinating.
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