Beginning with the siege by Titus in A.D. 70, Walter Besant and the orientalist Edward Henry Palmer tell the history of Jerusalem through Roman rule, the Muslim conquest, the Christian pilgrims, the First Crusade and the Latin Kingdom, to Saladin’s reconquest and after, drawing heavily on Arabic and crusader chronicles.
A vivid Victorian narrative history by two men who worked for the Palestine Exploration Fund. Download the free EPUB.