Ulteriori informazioni
Informationen zum Autor Diane Stanely is the author and illustrator of beloved books for young readers, including The Silver Bowl , named a best book of the year by Kirkus Reviews and an ALA Booklist Editors’ Choice; The Cup and the Crown ; The Princess of Cortova ; Saving Sky , winner of the Arab American Book Award; Bella at Midnight , a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year and an ALA Booklist Editors’ Choice; The Mysterious Case of the Allbright Academy ; The Mysterious Matter of I. M. Fine ; The Chosen Prince ; and Joplin, Wishing . Ms. Stanley has written and illustrated numerous picture books, including three creatively reimagined fairy tales, The Giant and the Beanstalk , Goldie and the Three Bears , and Rumpelstiltskin’s Daughter , and an award-winning series of picture book biographies. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. You can visit her online at www.dianestanley.com. Diane Stanely is the author and illustrator of beloved books for young readers, including The Silver Bowl , named a best book of the year by Kirkus Reviews and an ALA Booklist Editors’ Choice; The Cup and the Crown ; The Princess of Cortova ; Saving Sky , winner of the Arab American Book Award; Bella at Midnight , a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year and an ALA Booklist Editors’ Choice; The Mysterious Case of the Allbright Academy ; The Mysterious Matter of I. M. Fine ; The Chosen Prince ; and Joplin, Wishing . Ms. Stanley has written and illustrated numerous picture books, including three creatively reimagined fairy tales, The Giant and the Beanstalk , Goldie and the Three Bears , and Rumpelstiltskin’s Daughter , and an award-winning series of picture book biographies. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. You can visit her online at www.dianestanley.com. Zusammenfassung Forty years before the boy was born, a horde of bloodthirsty barbarians thundered out of the west and conquered his native land. They had succeeded because his people, ever at war with one another, had not fought together to defend their cities. In time the boy was destined to become the very leader that was needed, a man with the courage and vision to unite his people and face the most fearsome and brilliant warrior of the age. The time was the twelfth century; the barbarian horde was the armies of the First Crusade; the great warrior was Richard the Lionhearted; and the leader was Saladin. This is more than the other side of a familiar Western story, the Crusades. It is the tale of an extraordinary man, remarkable for his generous and chivalrous ways, a warrior who longed for peace. Courageous in battle and merciful in victory, he would be revered even by his enemies as the "marvel of his time." In her vibrant narrative and magnificently detailed illustrations inspired by the Islamic art of the time, Diane Stanley presents a hero whose compassion, piety, tolerance, and wisdom made him a model for his time -- and for ours. ...
