Saladino, el unificador del Islam

Synopsis of Saladino, el unificador del Islam

«Saladino, el unificador del Islam» is the historical novel by Geneviève Chauvel, published by Diario El País in hardcover (378 pages, in Spanish).

The work recreates the life of Saladin and his role in the unification of Islam, while offering a view of the Crusades different from the usual one in the West, where he was often portrayed as cruel and fanatical. The narrative combines the portrait of the character with the political and religious context of his era.

It belongs to the Historical Novel Collection of the newspaper El País, no. 40. Translation by Juan del Solar and Rolando Cossío.

For those interested in historical fiction and the Middle Ages, especially in a different perspective on the Crusades.