Table of Contents
List of Maps xiii
Major Characters xv
Introduction xxxiii
Part I Trial by Ordeal
1 The Count and the Imam 3
2 Poets and Party Kings 11
3 Empire Under Siege 21
4 Deus Vult! 30
5 The Preacher's Tale 42
6 March of the Princes 54
7 The Longest Winter 68
8 Jerusalem 82
9 Dividing the Spoils 97
Part II Kingdom of Heaven
10 Sigurd Jerusalemfarer 109
11 Fields of Blood 121
12 A New Knighthood 134
13 Melisende the Magnificent 146
14 The Swords of Our Fathers 158
15 Converted or Deleted 168
16 History Repeating 182
17 The Race for Egypt 196
18 Because of Our Sins 210
Part III The Harvest of the Earth
19 Lionesses and Lionhearts 227
20 Consumed by Fire 243
21 Enemies Within 262
22 The River of Paradise 278
23 Immutator Mundi 295
24 Khans and Kings 311
25 The Enemy from Hell 326
26 Fragments and Dreams 342
27 Brave New Worlds 354
Epilogue: Crusaders 2.0 366
Appendices 373
Notes 379
Bibliography 401
Index 411