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  <title><![CDATA[Las Cruzadas Vistas Por Los Arabes (El Libro De Bolsillo)]]></title>
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  <default-description>The author has combed the works of contemporary Arab chronicles of the Crusades, eyewitnesses and often participants. He retells their story and offers insights into the historical forces that shape Arab and Islamic consciousness today.</default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">1984</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>The Crusades Through Arab Eyes</original-title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Amin Maalouf]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Jul 07 16:49:41 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have refrained from rating this book, because I really don't know whether it's a good account of how the arabs saw the crusades or not.  My trust in the author's objectivity got a serious dent today after reading one of the sources he used.  Amin Maalouf renders an account of Frankish barbarianism...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62306808">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Serene]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jan 26 05:17:46 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Feb 11 03:56:15 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I came to this book after reading several of Maalouf's fiction works. Even though it is a history book, it is very readable, and if it weren't for all the names, I would have thought I was reading a story. He draws the main figures of the Crusades as real people, not just objects of scholarly intere...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44378679">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="38423225">
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  <read_at>Wed Feb 11 09:48:35 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Nov 22 20:28:53 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Feb 11 09:48:35 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked this book up, thinking it would be a good introduction to the topic. However, to say it's a dry read is an understatement. I know that there are two sides to every story, but I only I made it through about 3/4 of this book before giving up on it. I think the problem is that the side of the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38423225">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="35645862">
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  <date_added>Sat Oct 18 15:01:27 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Oct 18 15:12:32 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Me encanta la prosa de Maalouf. En este libro, que no pretende ser una novela histórica, a diferencia de otros suyos, el objetivo es narrar la época de las cruzadas desde una perspectiva árabe, pero posicionándose como un historiador objetivo, neutral.<br/><br/>Nos coloca detrás de la vanguardi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35645862">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="26061108">
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    <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Sat Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jul 01 17:25:01 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jul 05 14:05:46 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[SPOILERS: If you can have that in a history book<br/><br/>  Malouf draws on range of Arab sources in presenting the political and military history of several Arabic groups during the 12th century Crusades. While I was hoping for more exploration of cultural differences in experiences, perceptions ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26061108">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="2668533">
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    <rating>4</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[history buffs]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jul 03 08:23:43 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jul 03 08:23:58 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I pick up every book that so much as mentions Saladin, and this book had chapters on him, so I had to read. The subject matter's interesting, and I loved the way it was presented, how dry and ironic the narrator's voice could be. For example, there were passages like this, where they describe the po...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2668533">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="24234981">
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  <date_added>Wed Jun 11 09:37:35 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jun 11 09:50:23 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I Read the introduction one night and I'm already hooked. I've always been fascinated with the concept of looking at things from a variety of perspectives. Not surprisingly the folks being atacked by the Franks didn't see them as holy crusaders, but instead as viscious, ignorant, barbarian invaders....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24234981">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="61475724">
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    <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jun 29 01:31:57 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Aug 01 12:35:57 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A very interesting book. The writing itself is nothing special, a bit dry and academic. The book has been translated from the French, so that could be the reason. But the subject matter is fascinating.<br/><br/>As Europeans, we are used to hearing about the Crusades from a Shrub-like good-guys-vs-...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61475724">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="61758676">
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    <name><![CDATA[Steven]]></name>
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  <date_added>Wed Jul 01 08:40:12 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jul 01 08:40:12 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A very lively and readable history.  Maalouf's experience as a novelist shows up in this book, which is richly told as a story.  This was the book that got an Arab Secret Service agent kicked off a plane some years back.  It looked suspiciously &quot;Arabic.&quot;  Its contents are suspiciously Arab...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61758676">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="66252843">
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  <read_at>Sun Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Aug 16 09:26:36 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Onetime Karl Marx said “History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second ad farce.” After reading Amin Maalouf’s The Crusade through Arabic Eyes, I think Marx had got the previous note based on an analytical reading for the Arabic and Muslims history. <br/>I can read the history of modern Ara...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66252843">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="66568062">
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Over de kruistochten, gebaseerd op Arabische kronieken.<br/><br/>Door de grote hoeveelheid namen, feiten, duurt het lang voor je op dreef geraakt in dit boek. <br/>Wat ik mij herinner over de &quot;heldendaden&quot; van de kruisridders uit de &quot;lessen geschiedenis&quot; lijken eerder mythisch...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66568062">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="45816878">
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  <read_at>Sun Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Feb 09 07:19:10 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Objectivité étonnante de la part d'un critique arabe]]></body>
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    <review id="41187386">
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent, but shocking...]]></body>
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    <review id="75784508">
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    <body><![CDATA[good history fantasize book]]></body>
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    <review id="11242726">
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 07 20:19:34 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Although I got a bit dazed in some places, this was a good book. It might have been helpful to read the epilogue first, since that puts some of the battles described in the narrative in the context of modern history. I have to say, having read the epilogue and getting that perspective, I feel like I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11242726">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="1117480">
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  <read_at>Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It starts off brilliantly with a frightening depiction of the first Christian Crusade into Turkey and the Middle East, but then gets bogged down with names and battles.  A big part of the frustration of this book is, I feel, due to the actual events, however.  I can only read about so many stupid de...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1117480">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="8995598">
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  <read_at>Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Nov 12 06:28:09 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Nov 12 06:32:02 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is beautifully written and leaves the reader with a sense of comprehension.  It allows one to engage the Frank Invasion (Crusades) in a plot-driven historical account. Each chapter is rich with detail and the excellence of a historical narrative.  <br/>If anyone desires to learn a bit abou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8995598">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My only complaint about this work was that it wasn't long enough, but this is a wonderful piece with information I had not been able to find before and makes for a great piece to accompany other works when trying to study The Crusades with a critical thinker's mindset.]]></body>
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  <date_added>Fri Oct 19 13:41:30 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Oct 31 15:27:56 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Bought this one in Taipei on one of the visits when my husband was living and working there and I was in the CA house -- this was about three years ago.  Still haven't read it.  That doesn't mean a whole lot when one is a bookaholic though as most of you know.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Oct 20 09:38:52 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent alternative view of the crusades. Pair it up with a western history of the crusades to get a better view of the era.   Interesting historical figures on Islamic side come into focus and they had tough time getting their resistance effort together.]]></body>
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