Saladin

About this book

Saladin by John Man is a biography of Salah ad-Din al-Ayyubi, the twelfth-century sultan who united Egypt and Syria and recovered Jerusalem.

Man follows Saladin from his Kurdish family origins to his rise in Egypt, his campaigns to unify the Muslim lands, his decisive victory over the Crusaders at Hattin in 1187, the retaking of Jerusalem, and his struggle with Richard the Lionheart in the Third Crusade, as well as the legend of his chivalry.

It is a lively, readable biography.

What's inside

• Saladin's early life
• Uniting Egypt and Syria
• The Battle of Hattin
• The recovery of Jerusalem
• The Third Crusade and his legend