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Title: A vivid FICTIONAL account of the First Crusade
Review: I can understand how someone new to the subject might be taken in by the author's introduction, but I can assure you that this book is fictional and not the publication of a hidden manuscript. Anachronisms in phrase and thought aside, I have never seen it - or mention of it - in any history text, and I am a history major. Furthermore, it's in the "Fiction and Literature" section....That aside, buy the book! Not only is Roger's diary a vivid and unromanticized account of the Crusade itself, but it offers some interesting points on Christian theology and the early medieval view on divinely sanctioned violence. The pseudo plot-twist near the end prevents a five-star rating, but it alone doesn't undermine the rest of the book.
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