The Accursed Tower : the fall of Acre and the end of the Crusades /

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, Rog...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Crowley, Roger, 1951- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, [2019]
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • A brief timeline of the Crusades
  • The Accursed Tower
  • The second kingdom of Jerusalem
  • Death on the Nile
  • Between the Mamluks and the Mongols
  • The lion of Egypt
  • A puppy yelping at a mastiff
  • War to the enemy
  • My soul longed for Jihad
  • The red tent
  • Bolts of thunder, flashes of lightning
  • Sorties
  • Negotiations
  • See the wound!
  • The terrible day
  • Everything was lost
  • A habitation for snakes
  • The evidence for the fall of Acre.