The Cross and the Crescent: A Heroic Metrical Romance is a book written by James Beresford in 1824. The book is a historical romance that describes the conflict between Christianity and Islam during the Crusades. The story follows the journey of a Christian knight named Sir Kenneth, who travels to the Holy Land to fight against the Muslims. Along the way, he falls in love with a Muslim princess named Zuleika, and they face numerous challenges and obstacles as they navigate their forbidden love. The book is written in a metrical style, with rhyming verses and a poetic structure that adds to the romantic and heroic tone of the story. The Cross and the Crescent is a classic work of historical fiction that explores themes of love, war, and religious conflict in a vivid and engaging way.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.