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Kingdom of heaven
the Ridley Scott film and the history behind the story
By Landau, Diana & Friedman, Nancy
- ISBN
- 978-1-55704-662-8
- Publisher
- New York : Newmarket Press, c2005.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on May 9, 2005
With a scheduled release date set to accompany that of Ridley Scott's new film, Kingdom of Heaven, this behind-the-scenes book explores the history of the Crusades, the era of the movie's inspiration. The film follows Balian, "a blacksmith turned Crusader," during a rare and brief peace-time among the Christian and Muslim cultures, between the Second and Third Crusades. As the book reveals, the idea for the film began shortly after the September 11th attacks, but Scott argues in his introduction that the film is not meant to "moralize or...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
