{"product_id":"the-cross-and-the-crescent-the-dramatic-story-of-the-earliest-encounters-between-christians-and-muslims-9780143034810","title":"The Cross and the Crescent: The Dramatic Story of the Earliest Encounters Between Christians and Muslims","description":"In this immensely readable history that couldn't be more timely, award-winning historian Richard Fletcher chronicles the relationship between Islam and Christianity from the time of Muhammad to the Reformation. With lucidity and sound scholarship, Fletcher demonstrates that though there were fruitful trading and cultural interactions between Muslims and Christians during the period when the Arabs controlled most of the Mediterranean world, each group viewed the other's religion from the beginning as fundamentally different and suspect. Eschewing moral judgments and easy generalizations, \u003cb\u003eThe Cross and the Crescent\u003c\/b\u003e allows readers to draw their own conclusions and explore the implications for the present day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Fletcher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/25\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.76h x 5.13w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143034810\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/04\/2004 pg. 31\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Fletcher\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of seven books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Quest for El Cid\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Wolfson Award and the Los Angeles Times History Prize. Recently retired from the University of York, where he was a professor of history, he lives in England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44436223459443,"sku":"9780143034810","price":28.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_75a16e4c-a31e-4fb1-b45a-4a613625b7a7.jpg?v=1772894637","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-cross-and-the-crescent-the-dramatic-story-of-the-earliest-encounters-between-christians-and-muslims-9780143034810","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}