{"product_id":"9781474216395","title":"Holy Warriors A Fantasia on the Third Crusade and the History of Violent Struggle in the Holy Lands","description":"\u003ch3\u003eModern Plays\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eHoly Warriors\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Fantasia on the Third Crusade and the History of Violent Struggle in the Holy Lands\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDavid Eldridge\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere is one in the Kingdom of England. Who goes by the name of Richard the Lionheart. My waking dreams tell me he will come upon us. He will come to these lands and make pilgrimage, conquest.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSaladin's great army have corrected a great wrong by taking Jerusalem back for Islam, after the barbaric slaughter of their people one hundred years ago. But for Muslim and Christian alike Jerusalem is a holy city. Across England and Outremer, nobles answer the call to arms from Richard the Lionheart to march on Jerusalem in the third crusade and retake the Holy City from Saladin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHoly Warriors \u003c\/i\u003eis a tale of holy war, fraught diplomacy and  revenge in the struggle for Jerusalem, taking in over a millennium of  bloody conflict, as Richard the Lionheart marches east to face Saladin,  and takes Jerusalem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition published to coincide with the play's premiere at Shakespeare's Globe, London, on 19 July 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Eldridge\u003c\/b\u003e's full-length plays include \u003ci\u003eServing it Up\u003c\/i\u003e (Bush Theatre,  1996); \u003ci\u003eA Week with Tony \u003c\/i\u003e(Finborough Theatre, 1996); \u003ci\u003eSummer Begins\u003c\/i\u003e (NT  Studio and Donmar Warehouse, 1997); \u003ci\u003eFalling \u003c\/i\u003e(Hampstead Theatre, 1999);\u003ci\u003e  Under the Blue Sky\u003c\/i\u003e (Royal Court Theatre, 2000, awarded Best New Play in  the West End in 2001); \u003ci\u003eFesten \u003c\/i\u003e(Almeida and Lyric Theatre, 2004); \u003ci\u003eM.A.D. \u003c\/i\u003e (Bush Theatre, 2004); \u003ci\u003eIncomplete and Random Acts of Kindness\u003c\/i\u003e (Royal  Court Theatre, 2005); a new version of Ibsen's \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Duck\u003c\/i\u003e (Donmar  Warehouse, 2005); \u003ci\u003eMarket Boy\u003c\/i\u003e (National Theatre, 2006); a new version of  Ibsen's \u003ci\u003eJohn Gabriel Borkman\u003c\/i\u003e (Donmar Warehouse, 2007); \u003ci\u003eUnder the Blue  Sky\u003c\/i\u003e (Duke of York's Theatre, 2008); an adaptation of Jean-Marie Besset's  Babylone (Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, 2009); \u003ci\u003eA Thousand Stars Explode  in the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e, co-written with Robert Holman and Simon Stephens (Lyric  Hammersmith, 2010); a new version of Ibsen's\u003ci\u003e The Lady from the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e  (Royal Exchange Theatre, 2010); and\u003ci\u003e In Basildon\u003c\/i\u003e (Royal Court, 2012).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e09 August 2014\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781474216395\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e104\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332033609868,"sku":"9781474216395","price":16.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_ff7d63be-efeb-47ba-9952-e8881caaef38.jpg?v=1783601088","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781474216395","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}