Tag Archives: Middle Ages

Book Review: Islamic Weapons, Warfare, And Armies

Posted on December 4, 2020 by nathanalbright

Islamic Weapons, Warfare, And Armies: Muslim Military Operations Against The Crusaders, by Paul Hilliam This book doesn’t really live up to its name. That isn’t to say that it is a bad book, it is rather that there is a … Continue reading →

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Book Review: God’s Wolf

Posted on December 3, 2020 by nathanalbright

God’s Wolf: The Life Of The Most Notorious Of All Crusaders, Scourge Of Saladin, by Jeffrey Lee This book is a labor of love, and is demonstrative of a desire to give a fair shake to someone who is typically … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A Most Holy War

Posted on December 3, 2020 by nathanalbright

A Most Holy War: The Albegensian Crusade And The Battle For Christendom, by Mark Gregory Pregg This book is a classic example of why it is that people whose bias and worldview is as pronounced as is the case here … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Knight Templar 1120-1312

Posted on December 1, 2020 by nathanalbright

Knight Templar 1120-1312, by Helen Nicholson, illustrated by Wayne Reynolds This book is admittedly a very short book and by no means as long as it could have been. Yet although it is a short book and not long at … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Hill Of Bones

Posted on November 24, 2020 by nathanalbright

Hill Of Bones, by the Medieval Murderers The Medieval Murderers is a collaboration of mystery writers Karen Maitland, Susanna Gregory, Bernard Knight, Philip Gooden, and Ian Morson, and in this particular book the group has decided to tackle the myths … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Crowner Royal

Posted on November 24, 2020 by nathanalbright

Crowner Royal (Crowner John), by Bernard Knight This particular book finds Crowner John being brought from his beloved Exeter, where his estranged wife has threatened to take orders, to serve as the first royal coroner for the English court at … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A Plague Of Heretics

Posted on November 24, 2020 by nathanalbright

A Plague Of Heretics (Crowner John), by Bernard Knight Reading this book reminded me of why I liked the Brother Cadfael novels so much more. This particular series appears based in large part on the success of the Brother Cadfael … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Queens Of The Conquest

Posted on November 17, 2020 by nathanalbright

Queens Of The Conquest: England’s Medieval Queens: Book One, by Alison Weir This is the sort of book that is somewhat inevitable in our times, as writers seek to plumb the depths of of source material that they can find … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Silk Roads: A New History Of The World

Posted on September 29, 2020 by nathanalbright

The Silk Roads: A New History Of The World, by Peter Frankopan It is unfortunate that this book has such a transparent agenda to endorse China’s expansive effort to dominate trade and has such a lamentable anti-Western bias with it. … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Byzantium: The Bridge From Antiquity To The Middle Ages

Posted on August 14, 2020 by nathanalbright

Byzantium:  The Bridge From Antiquity To The Middle Ages, by Michael Angold This is a pleasant book, and one that strives to deal with one of the more interesting aspects of the Byzantine legacy and that was the way that … Continue reading →

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