Saladin
The lionising of Richard I over the centuries
The Plantagenet king whose life was packed with glamour, blood and brutality would have relished the heroic legends that steadily accrued after his death
For God or Allah: the savage wars between Christians and Muslims over the ages
It’s impossible to say which side excelled in imaginative barbarism in this blood-soaked history spanning 1,300 years
The inglorious Twelfth
Most people know more about the 12th century than they think they do. This is, as Richard Huscroft reminds us…
