The "Conquest of the Holy Land by Saladin" was written shortly after the conquest ans annihilation of the crusader kingdoms by an eyewitness, possibly a Templar or Hospitaller knight. It gives unique insight into a lost world as it was written by someone who was part of that world himself, unlike many chronicles that were written long after the event. It is a very emotional book; short of a time machine this is the closest one can get to 12th century events on a personal level and the reader goes through all the fear, hope, hate and despair that the writer felt 800 years ago. This edition comes with a glossary of medieval Latin terms in English, German and French.