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In The Battle of Hattin: The Inferno That Consumed the Crusader Army, Jack Whitaker tells the harrowing true story of the crusader kingdom's greatest disaster. In July 1187, under the blazing sun of Galilee, the army of Jerusalem marched out from Sepphoris to confront Saladin and never returned. Trapped on the volcanic plateau known as the Horns of Hattin, cut off from water and surrounded by fire and steel, the proud host of knights and pilgrims was destroyed almost to the last man. Drawing on contemporary chronicles from both sides of the conflict, Whitaker reconstructs the fatal chain of decisions that led to catastrophe. From the rivalries that divided the crusader lords to Saladin's patient strategy and mastery of terrain, he reveals how a kingdom built on faith and ambition collapsed in a single day. With vivid detail, he brings to life the heat, dust, and confusion of battle, the parched throats, the blazing arrows, and the desperate final charges toward the lost relic of the True Cross. More than a story of defeat, this is an exploration of pride, leadership, and endurance at their limits. The Battle of Hattin is a gripping account of how an army was undone not only by the enemy before it, but by the choices that led it into the desert.

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