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THOMAS ASBRIDGE is the author of The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land (2010) and The First Crusade: A New History (2004), which was published to wide acclaim. Asbridge went on to write and present a landmark BBC Two television series entitled The Crusades, based on his book, which aired in early 2012. He is currently Reader of Medieval History at Queen Mary University of London and director of the groundbreaking Center for the Study of Islam and the West.
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