Tales of Legends: Crusaders and Khans of a Fractured World: The Greatest Generals, Empire Builders, and Legendary Conquerors in History Hardcover – August 18, 2025

From the clash of crescent and cross, from the thundering hooves of the steppe, a new age of war was born.The world of the Middle Ages was not united—it was fractured. Kingdoms, caliphates, khanates, and crusader states collided in a storm of ambition and faith. From Jerusalem to Constantinople, from the fields of France to the mountains of Japan, warriors rose to claim crowns and carve empires in a world torn apart.These were the crusaders and conquerors, the princes and khans, who carried both sword and destiny:Bohemond of Taranto, the wily crusader lord who carved a principality from the Holy Land.Nur ad-Din Zengi, the emir who united Islam before Saladin’s rise.Richard the Lionheart, whose ferocity earned him glory even in defeat.Minamoto no Yoshitsune, the brilliant samurai whose name became legend in Japan.Genghis Khan, the storm from the steppes who reshaped the world.Subotai, his general of a thousand victories.Edward, the Black Prince, the terror of France and hero of England.Joan of Arc, the peasant girl who heard voices and defied kings.Mehmed the Conqueror, who brought down Constantinople’s walls.Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, the “Great Captain” who forged the tactics of modern war.… and ten more warriors, kings, khans, and captains whose names still burn in the chronicles of history.In Tales of Legends: Crusaders and Khans of a Fractured World, twenty first-person narratives plunge you into the minds of history’s fiercest leaders. Witness their triumphs and betrayals, their faith and fury, their desperate gambles and iron wills.This is no lifeless chronicle of dates and battles—this is the divided medieval world told by the very voices that shaped it.History remembers their wars.This book remembers their voices. Read more