Accursed tower

Rubriek: Textual/Printed/Reference Materials - Boek

Prijs: € 13.08

Rating: 0/5

☆

☆

☆

☆

☆

Verzending:
Uiterlijk 22 januari in huis

A thrilling history of the dramatic siege of Acre in 1291, the bloody climax to the two hundred years of the Holy Land Crusades




The city of Acre, powerfully fortified and richly provisioned, was the last crusader stronghold. When it fell in 1291, two hundred years of Christian crusading in the Holy Land came to a bloody end. With his customary narrative brilliance and immediacy, Roger Crowley chronicles the tumultuous and violent attack on Acre, the heaviest bombardment before the age of gunpowder, which left this once great Mediterranean city a crumbling ruin.

The ‘Accursed Tower’ was the focal point of this siege. As the last garrison of the Crusader defences, it came to symbolise the disintegration of the old world and the rise of a new era of Islamic jihad. Crowley’s narrative is based on forensic research, drawing heavily on little known first hand sources, both Christian and Arabic. This is a fast-paced and gripping account of a pivotal moment in world history.

• 1 Bekijk alle specificaties

Empires Of The Sea

Rating: 5 / 5 | Prijs: € 13.99

Opening with the ottoman victory in 1453 it is a breathtaking story of military crusading barbary pirates white slavery and the ottoman empire and the larger picture of the struggle between islam and christianity empires of the sea shows the mediterranean as a majestic and bloody theatre of war Op voorraad. Voor 23:59 besteld, morgen in huis .. MEER INFO

City Of Fortune

Rating: 4.3 / 5 | Prijs: € 11.48

A magisterial work of gripping history city of fortune tells the story of the venetian ascent from lagoon dwellers to the greatest power in the mediterranean an epic five hundred year voyage that encompassed crusade and trade plague sea battles and colonial adventure a magisterial work of grip Uiterlijk 22 januari in huis .. MEER INFO

Conquerors

Rating: 5 / 5 | Prijs: € 10.99

Drawing on extensive first hand accounts crowley brings to life the exploits of an extraordinary band of conquerors men such as afonso de albuquerque the first european since alexander the great to found an asian empire who set in motion five hundred years of european colonisation and unleashe Op voorraad. Voor 23:59 besteld, morgen in huis .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 25 augustus 2020

Aantal pagina's: 304

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Roger Crowley

Hoofduitgeverij: Yale University Press

Product breedte: 156 mm

Product lengte: 235 mm

Studieboek: Ja

Verpakking breedte: 28 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 14 mm

Verpakking lengte: 109 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 666 g

EAN: 9780300254808

---