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Bezig met laden... The Accursed Tower: The Fall of Acre and the End of the Crusades (2019)door Roger Crowley
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. The Siege of Acre in 1291 marked the effective end of the European Crusades, in the Holy Land. It is a sad and pathetic end with the wealthy and powerful running away by ship. Two centuries of empire building come to naught. The truth is, other than this being the moment when the last helicopter takes off from the roof of the embassy, the war was lost long before. As such it's not terribly interesting other than as a colorful siege. Anything by Crowley is worth reading IMO (I've read them all) his descriptions of battle scenes and weaponry are lively. The city itself sounded like a sort of Libertarian dream/hell where anything goes, where people came to make their fortunes or whatever fantasy of the exotic east.
"In The Accursed Tower, Crowley tells the story Acre in vivid and visceral detail." "Shifting back and forth between Muslim and Christian perspectives, this entertaining history serves as a satsifying introduction to the end of the Crusades." "A bracing work by a masterly historian whose great knowledge portrays the “dramatic symbolic significance” of this landmark event." Prijzen
"The 1291 siege of Acre was the Alamo of the Christian Crusades -- the final bloody battle for the Holy Land. After a desperate six weeks, the beleaguered citadel surrendered to the Mamluks, bringing an end to Christendom's two-hundred year adventure in the Middle East. In The Accursed Tower, Roger Crowley delivers a lively narrative of the lead-up to the siege and a vivid, blow-by-blow account of the climactic battle. Drawing on extant Arabic sources as well as untranslated Latin documents, he argues that Acre is notable for technical advances in military planning and siege warfare, and extraordinary for its individual heroism and savage slaughter. A gripping depiction of the crusader era told through its dramatic last moments, The Accursed Tower offers an essential new view on a crucial turning point in world history." --Amazon.com. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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