from the back cover: On a quiet sea, the biggest ship in the world is waiting. There is no noise from the engines. Up in the night sky there are hundreds of stars. Behind the ship, an iceburg - a great mountain of ice - goes slowly away into the black night. In the beautiful first-class rooms, rich passengers eat and listen to music. Down in the third-class cabins, families sleep. An exciting…
The medieval knights of Western Europe were central to the Crusades, and in this book readers can learn their story. It examines the chivalric brotherhood of crusading knights, the details of battles fought, the castles they built and states they founded, and looks at some of the larger-than-life knights of the time.