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The Assassins is a comprehensive, readable, and authoritative account of history's first terrorists. An offshoot of the Ismaili Shi'ite sect of Islam, the Assassins were the first group to make systematic use of murder as a political weapon. Established in Iran and Syria in the eleventh and... read more
First Sentence
In the year 1332, when King Philip VI of France was contem a new crusade to recapture the lost Holy Places of Chris , a German priest called Brocardus composed a treatise offering the king guidance and advice for the conduct of this enterprise.
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- Bernard Lewis (Author)
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