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"The entire year 1169 dawned after a noiseless East. Along this frontier of Christianity, little or nothing unusual was occurring. Little or nothing ominous, that is. And for the reason that part of the East known as the Holy Land, the crusaders gone about their affairs without misgivings." So opens Harold Lamb's spectacular history. However, out of the chaos of Muslim tribal warfare and regional animosity arose a armed service genius such as Islam acquired never known: Saladin. Uniting the sultanates of Cairo and Damascus, Saladin created a single powerful condition. Luring the crusaders into an ill-considered confrontation, he destroyed their military at the Fight of Hattin in 1187, going out of the few remaining crusaders clinging perilously to some towns and forts across the Levantine coast. Into this eager situation stepped the most formidable warrior of this, Richard the Lion-Hearted. Notice the incredible stories of valor and futility as King Richard attempts to retake Jerusalem. And after him, a great many other kings would come forwards....
