This is a powerful account of the Fourth Crusade, which defined a pivotal time in the history of the world. A time when Christian soldiers - Crusaders - set forth from the comfort and safety of their homelands to defend the rights of Christian pilgrims and free the ancient Holy Lands from the tyranny of their muslim oppressors. This book is to be read as one would read a personal journal or diary, entry by entry. There are no chapters here, just a step by step trek to recapture hallowed ground. It is a powerful and captivating chronicle, written by Geoffry de Villehardouin (1160-1212 AD), an...