In The Crusades, Dan Jones presents from a specific point of view the warfare between Christianity and Islam that raged for almost four centuries in the Middle Ages, the waves of which have not subsided to this day. Instead of simply listing the events of the Crusades, Jones presents us with a historical tableau composed of captivating episodes. Among the "Crusaders" who give the title of the book, we can meet women and men, Eastern and Western Christians, Sunni and Shiite Muslims, Arabs, Jews, Turks, Egyptians, Berbers and Mongols - and even a group of Vikings.

Dan Jones is an excellent practitioner of popular history writing, who creates his whirlwind, captivating works with masterful talent and great scientific preparation. No one before him had been able to paint the age of the Crusades in such captivating colors, or to tell their story in such an enjoyable way.