Robert Payne's highly praised histories and biographies include The Rise and Fall of Stalin, the Life and Death of Lenin and Ivan the Terrible.
No man alive can write more beautiful prose than Robert Payne.
*The New York Times*
Magnificent. Recreates 200 years of Crusader history with a blazing
intensity that exhibits to the full Payne's powers as both scholar
and storyteller. A major contribution to our understanding of the
Middle Ages. Marvelous reading.
*Publishers Weekly*
The Dream and the Tomb examines the eight holy wars that took place
between 1095 and 1270, exploring both the political desires of the
princes and the suffering of the ordinary people. With the
understanding and depth of the author, Robert Payne, these rich and
memorable details bring the past to life.
*History Magazine*
Excellent. Payne is at the height of his powers. Reading this
history of the distant past turns the present Middle East crisis
suddenly transparent.
*The Instrumentalist*
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