[twigs]

I am currently reading Madden's The New Concside History of the Crusades. It's an excellent book and I highly recommend it. He talks some about how revisionist historians have distorted what really happened. This sounds like a good book too. If Madden speaks well of it, then it probably worth reading.

[stoney]

I was quite dissappointed in Madden's book. Though it was filled to the brim with facts and figures, for me, it was about as exciting as reading stereo instructions.