Patrick Stephens Ltd - A Wargamers Guide to the Crusades

Details: The Crusades, fought by Christian and Muslim alike to clear the 'infidel' from the Holy Land - and, less honourably, to acquire land and loot - are a constant source of fascination to a wide populace. This meticulously researched book contains a vast amount of material hitherto only available to a privileged few, and will be of immense value to anyone with a serious interest in the period as well as the wargamer to whom it is specifically geared. There is a chronology of the camnpaigns and chapters on such diverse subjects as raising, financing and organising armies, supply, communictions strategy, naval and siege warfare and starting a wargame campaing. Laced with contemporaary description which really brings the nature of crusading warfare to life, this is a superb book for anyone with an interest in the medieval period.

This is a hardback publication in used but good condition