THE BOOK OF CONTEMPLATION

Written by: Usamah Ibn Munqidh - Translated by Paul M. Cobb

Submitted By: Richard Mason

This book takes you back to the time of the Crusades. Composed of memoirs of an Arab lord, Usamah talks of many things he has witnessed in his long life, such as battles against crusaders, exciting hunting adventures, fate, at fascinating stories. This book also shows the many social differences that exsisted between the Arabs and the Franks.