Nicholas MortonNicholas Morton is an associate professor at Nottingham Trent University specialising in the history of the Medieval Middle East, writing extensively on topics including the Crusades, the Mongol Empire and the Seljuk Turks. An award-winning author, hs books include The Mongol Storm, which the Sunday Times described as 'a reminder that the best history writing is eminently readable', and the highly anticipated The Crusader Storm: A Global History of the Wars for the Middle East, which will be published in June 2026. Read More Read Less