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Jonathan Phillips
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Jonathan Phillips

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Jonathan Phillips is Professor of Crusading History at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the author of Holy Warriors: A Modern History of the Crusades; The Second Crusade: Extending the Frontiers of Christianity; The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople; The Crusades, 1095-1197; Defenders of the Holy Land, 1119-1187 and the co-editor of three academic essay collections on the Crusades. Phillips is the co-editor of the academic journal Crusades, writes for BBC History and History Today and has made numerous radio and television appearances.

Books by Jonathan Phillips

The Life and Legend of the Sultan Saladin

The riveting and definitive biography of the Islamic world's most famous military hero

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Holy Warriors

A vivid and original history of the Crusades - from the middle ages to the present day.

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The Fourth Crusade

A major work of history and the first trade book published on the subject of the crusade of 1204, which went so catastrophically wrong.

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