El sueño y la tumba

Between 1095 and 1270, Christendom organized eight crusades to seize Jerusalem from the Muslims and regain the holy places. The dream and the tomb tells the story of these epic eight religious wars between the West and the East and constitutes a true epic of the medieval world. Robert Payne unfolds before us a fascinating fresco, where all the details of daily existence and all the characters (be they emperors, knights, clergymen or children) come to life before the eyes of the reader. Payne weaves a masterful story that, without hiding the complexity of the facts, reads like a passionate novel. A chronicle of the crusades in which, in search of power and glory, barbarism, chivalry, bloody battles and subtle intrigues alternate. With magnificent prose, The Dream and the Grave captures the very essence of the Crusades and embarks us on an exciting journey through one of the key periods in the history of the West.