"This book contains the autobiographical works of Usama ibn Munqidh, a twelfth-century Arab aristocrat. Full of detail, wit and melancholy, Usama's narrative anecdotes illustrate the inscrutability of God's will in life, as well as providing a memorable record of Islam's long encounter with the Crusaders, known to Usama only as the Franks. This edition focuses on The Book of Contemplation, but also uses extracts from The Book of the Staff and Kernels of Refinement to produce a complete and human portrayal of Islamic ...
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"This book contains the autobiographical works of Usama ibn Munqidh, a twelfth-century Arab aristocrat. Full of detail, wit and melancholy, Usama's narrative anecdotes illustrate the inscrutability of God's will in life, as well as providing a memorable record of Islam's long encounter with the Crusaders, known to Usama only as the Franks. This edition focuses on The Book of Contemplation, but also uses extracts from The Book of the Staff and Kernels of Refinement to produce a complete and human portrayal of Islamic perspectives on day-to-day existence, warfare, and the curious European invaders."--P. [4] of cover.
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Its a great book especially if your a Knight Templar & want a very good record of exactly what happened & when. It puts you into the middle of things like you was there...eye witness to the battles & such. I learned more from this book than I learned as a KT in the past 10 years. There's no hype or bending of the stories. The author was told to "write what you see" ...don't take sides...tell the story as it happens/happened. Being a muslin, it must have been hard not to lean to that side of the story. He did a great job of writing history.
