Eagle by Jack Hight - ISBN: 9781848542990
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Fate binds enemies: a boy, a slave, and the making of Saladin.

Eagle

Book One of the Saladin Trilogy

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  • Paperback

    544 pages

  • Release Date

    13 December 2011

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Summary

Salah ad-Din, or Saladin as he is known to the Franks, was a Kurd, the son of despised people, and yet he became Sultan of Egypt and Syria. He united the peoples of Allah, recaptured Jerusalem, and drove the Crusaders to the very edge of the sea. He battled, and in the end tamed King Richard the Lionheart, who well deserved his savage name. He was a great man, the greatest man that I ever knew, but when I first met him, he was only a skinny child …

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Book Details

ISBN-13:9781848542990
ISBN-10:1848542992
Author:Jack Hight
Publisher:Hodder & Stoughton
Imprint:Hodder Paperback
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:544
Release Date:13 December 2011
Weight:366g
Dimensions:197mm x 130mm x 36mm
Series:Saladin trilogy
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‘This is an ambitious book, written on an ambitious scale, offering a fascinating picture of momentous events’ - Daily Mail

About The Author

Jack Hight

Jack Hight is an American historian. He lives with his wife and dog in Washington DC where he is currently finishing the Saladin Trilogy. Hight’s acclaimed first novel, Siege, is also available from John Murray.

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