If you write anything nice about the Crusaders, you will get a lot of e-mails saying: “Oh, so you approve of antisemitic pogroms, then?”

I should like to go on record as saying that no, I certainly do not approve of antisemitic pogroms.

This does bring to notice, though, the fact that while I have half a dozen books on the Crusades, including Runciman’s splendid 3-volume shelf-buckler, none is by a Jewish author.

Is there a Jewish take on the Crusades? Well, I suppose there must be — but can anyone point me to some sources?