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==History==
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{{newreview
|author=Peter Frankopan
|title=The First Crusade: The Call from the East
|rating=3.5
|genre=History
|summary=At the now famous Council of Clermont in November 1095, Pope Urban II responded to calls of distress from the eastern Byzantine Empire by issuing the dramatic call to arms that sparked the First Crusade. But there are at least two sides to every story, especially in history. Western histories of the Crusades have concentrated on that Council and the journeys of Crusaders across Europe: Peter Frankopan's 'The Call from the East' instead draws attention to Emperor Alexios I Komnenus and the plight of his Byzantine Empire.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099555034</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|author=Christopher de Bellaigue
