God's War: A New History of the Crusades
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A story of how a group of warriors, driven by faith, greed and wanderlust, carved out new Christian-ruled states in the Middle East. The crusaders' stunning initial success started a …
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Passionate Minds: Emilie Du Chatelet, Voltaire, and the Great Love Affair of the Enlightenment
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It was 1733 when the poet and philosopher Voltaire met Emilie du Châtelet, a beguiling—and married—aristocrat who would one day popularize Newton’s arcane ideas and pave the way for Einstein’s …
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