Thomas Asbridge: 3 books
The Greatest Knight
The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, the Power Behind Five English Thrones
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
A renowned scholar brings to life medieval England’s most celebrated knight, William Marshal—providing an unprecedented and intimate view of this age and the legendary warrior class that shaped it.
Caught on the wrong side of an English civil war and condemned by his father to the gallows...
The Crusades
The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2010
The Crusades is an authoritative, accessible single-volume history of the brutal struggle for the Holy Land in the Middle Ages. Thomas Asbridge—a renowned historian who writes with “maximum vividness” (Joan Acocella, The New Yorker)—covers the years 1095 to 1291 in this big, ambitious, readable...
Richard I (Penguin Monarchs)
The Crusader King
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018
Richard I's reign is both controversial and seemingly contradictory. One of England's most famous medieval monarchs and a potent symbol of national identity, he barely spent six months on English soil during a ten-year reign and spoke French as his first language. Contemporaries dubbed him the 'Lionheart',...