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"It is comprehensive and accurate in the detail of facts, methodical and lucid in arrangement,
with a lively and flowing narrative."

"We need not say that the work of Michaud has superseded all other histories
of the Crusades. This history has long been the standard work with all who could
read it in its original language. Another work on the same subject is as improbable
as a new history of the `Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.' "

"The most faithful and masterly history ever written of the wild wars for the Holy
Land."

"The ability, diligence, and faithfulness, with which Michaud has executed his
great task, are undisputed; and it is to his well-filled volumes that the historical student
must now resort for copious and authentic facts, and luminous views respecting
this most romantic and wonderful period in the annals of the Old World."