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THE RACE FOR PARADISE: AN ISLAMIC HISTORY OF THE CRUSADES.
por Cobb, Paul M.
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- Usado - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 2014
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- Hardcover
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- 9780199532018
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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. 335 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w maps, colour plates. "In 1099, when the first crusaders arrived triumphant and bloody before the walls of Jerusalem, they carved out a Christian European presence in the Islamic world that remained for centuries, bolstered by subsequent waves of new crusades and pilgrimages. But how did medieval Muslims understand… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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THE BATTLE FOR GAUL.
por Julius Caesar. A new translation by Anne & Peter Wiseman. With illustrations selected by Barry Cunliffe.
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- Usado - Very Good-
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- Very Good
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- First American Edition Thus.
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- 1980
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- Hardcover
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- 9780879233068
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Boston: David R. Godine, 1980. 208 pp, 9 3/4" H. Map endpapers, b&w and colour illustrations. "From the day they were first written, Julius Caesar's seven books of 'Commentaries', on his campaigns in Gaul (58 to 50 BC) - modern France, Belgium, southern Netherlands, Germany west of the Rhine, most of Switzerland - have provided an unmatched account of… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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BLOOD OF THE CELTS: THE NEW ANCESTRAL STORY.
por Manco, Jean.
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- Usado - Very Good+
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- Very Good-
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- First Edition
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- 2015
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780500051832
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London: Thames & Hudson, 2015. 240 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w photographs, maps, charts, reproductions. "New discoveries in genetics have overturned the dogma of decades about the Celts. Today Celtic languages cling to precarious life on the northwestern fringes of Europe. Delve into the pre-Roman past and we find Celtic spoken across the contintent. The heritage of the Celts… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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SEA OF FAITH: ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY IN THE MEDIEVAL MEDITERRANEAN WORLD.
por O'Shea, Stephen.
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- Very Good+
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- First Edition
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- 2006
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- Hardcover
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- 9781553651796
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Vancouver / Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 2006. 411 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w photographs, maps, reproductions. "The shared history of Christianity and Islam began in the ealy seventh century AD with a question: Who would inherit the Greco-Roman world of the Mediterranean? Sprung from the same source - Abraham and the Revelation given to the Jews - the two… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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THE MAID AND THE QUEEN: THE SECRET HISTORY OF JOAN OF ARC.
por Goldstone, Nancy.
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 2012
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- Hardcover
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- 9780670023332
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New York: Viking, 2012. 296 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w illustrations, maps. "Politcally astute, ambitious, and beautiful, Yolande of Aragon, queen of Sicily, was one of the most powerful women of the Middle Ages. Caught in the complex dynastic battle of the Hundred Years War, Yolande championed the dauphin's cause against the forces of England and Burgundy, drawing on… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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MASTERS OF BATTLE: SELECTED GREAT WARRIOR CLASSES.
por Wilcox, John.
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- Usado - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- Reprint.
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- 1999
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- Hardcover
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- 9781860198298
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London: Brockhampton Press, 1999. 224 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w plates, map. "In this hugely entertaining and informative study, John Wilcox selects just six military classes which he proposes as elite performers, superstars amongst generations of warriors of all races, creeds and colours. He selects: The Longbowmen of England; The Vikings of the North; The Riflemen of Saratoga; The… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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THE DEVIL'S BROKER: SEEKING GOLD, GOD, AND GLORY IN 14th CENTURY ITALY.
por Saunders, Frances Stonor.
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- Usado - Very Good+
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- Very Good
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- First Canadian Edition
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- 2005
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780771079085
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- 1
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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2005. 366 pp, 9 1/4" H. "The second son of a minor English landowner, John Hawkwood chose to head south in 1360 after serving as a captain in the Black Prince's war against France. He and other freebooters successfully held the Avignon pope to ransom, and when they were paid to desist and go to… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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SCENES OF MEDIEVAL LIFE. 3 VOLUME SET IN SLIPCASE. 1. LIFE IN A MEDIEVAL CITY. 2. LIFE IN A MEDIEVAL VILLAGE. 3. LIFE IN A MEDIEVAL CASTLE.
por Gies, Joseph and Gies, Frances. Preface by Judith Herrin.
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- Usado - Very Good
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- Second Printing
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- 2002
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London: Folio Society, 2002. 244 pp, 252 pp, 232 pp - 3 volumes, 9" H, bound in blocked printed parchment (colour illustrations on front boards), gilt lettering on spines. Volumes 1 & 3 have map endpapers, all three volumes have colour and b&w plates. Red slipcase with gilt titling on front panel. Volume 1 contents: Preface; Acknowledgements; Prologue; Troyes: 1250;… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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THE DEBATABLE LAND: THE LOST WORLD BETWEEN SCOTLAND AND ENGLAND.
por Robb, Graham.
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- Usado - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First American Edition
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- 2018
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780393285321
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New York: W.W. Norton, 2018. 334 pp, 9 1/2" H. Colour and b&w plates, b&w maps. "When Graham Robb moved to a lonely house on the very edge of England, he discovered that the river winding around his new home had once marked the southern boundary of the legendary Debatable Land. The oldest detectable territorial division in Great Britain,… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE. COMPLETE IN 2 VOLUMES. LEATHER BINDING.
por Green, John Richard.
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- Usado - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- New Edition, Thoroughly Revised.
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New York: A.L. Burt 2 volume set, approximately 8" H. Half-leather binding with medium-brown spines and corners, marbled paper-covered boards, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Spines have five raised bands, gilt lettering/decoration and two leather labels (1 red, 1 black) bearing the title, author's last name and volume number. B&w plates, including tissue-guarded frontispieces, genealogical tables, maps - all present.… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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THE FIRST CLASH: THE MIRACULOUS GREEK VICTORY AT MARATHON AND ITS IMPACT ON WESTERN CIVILIZATION.
por Lacey, Jim.
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- Usado - Very Good+
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- Very Good+
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- Second Printing
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- 2011
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780553807349
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New York: Bantam, 2011. 233 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w maps. "(R)eveals why the battle happened, how it was fought, and whether, in fact, it saved Western civilization. Lacy brilliantly reconstructs the world of the fifth century B.C. leading up to the astonishing military defeat of the Persian Empire by the vastly outnumbered but determined Greek defenders. He shows… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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ON THE SPARTACUS ROAD: A SPECTACULAR JOURNEY THROUGH ANCIENT ITALY.
por Stothard, Peter.
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- Usado - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 2010
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- Hardcover
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- 9780007340781
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London: HarperPress, 2010. 353 pp, 8 3/4" H. B&w maps, photographs, reproductions. "In the final century of the first Roman Republic an army of slaves brought a peculiar terror to the people of Italy. Its leaders were gladiators. Its purpose was incomprehensible. Its success was something no one before had ever known. The Spartacus Road is the route along… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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THE LADY QUEEN: THE NOTORIOUS REIGN OF JOANNA I, QUEEN OF NAPLES, JERUSALEM AND SICILY.
por Goldstone, Nancy.
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- Usado - Very Good+
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- Very Good+
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- First Edition
- Published
- 2009
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780802716705
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- 1
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New York: Walker, 2009. 365 pp, 9 1/2" H. Colour plates, b&w maps, genealogical charts. "Amid intrique, betrayal, and conspiracy, Joanna I of Sicily became the only female monarch of her day to rule in her own name, and one of the most courageous women in history. Married for political advantage at the age of seven to her six-year-old… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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HARDIAN'S WALL IN THE DAYS OF THE ROMANS.
por Graham, Frank.
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- Usado - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1984
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780859831772
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Newcastle upon Tyne : Frank Graham, 1984. 320 pp, 9 5/8" H. "With well over 400 illustrations, 71 of them in colour, this book describes what the Roman Wall was like when in use. It tells us about the soldiers who built and garrisoned it and the civilians who lived in the towns and villages scattered along its length.… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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CHARIOT: THE ASTOUNDING RISE AND FALL OF THE WORLD'S FIRST WAR MACHINE.
por Cotterell, Arthur.
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- Usado - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 2004
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780712669429
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- 1
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London: Pimlico, 2004. 344 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w photographs, drawings, maps. "The chariot changed the face of ancient warfare. First in West Asia and Egypt, then in India and China, charioteers came to dominate the battlefield. In 1274 B.C. at Kadesh in present-day Syria - where the untried pharoah Ramesses II was nearly defeated by the Hittites… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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ARMIES AND WARFARE IN THE MIDDLE AGES: THE ENGLISH EXPERIENCE.
por Prestwich, Michael.
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- Usado - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1996
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780300064520
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New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996. 396 pp, 10" H. B&w and colour photographs, reproductions, maps. "(R)e-creates the real experience of medieval warfare, examining how men of all ranks of society were recruited, how troops were fed, supplied and deployed, the development of new weapons, and the structures of military command. (The author) challenges many common assumptions… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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THE BLESSED TRADE.
por Ward, Marjorie.
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- Usado - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1971
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- Hardcover
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London: Michael Joseph, 1971. 300 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). B&w drawings, map endpapers. "(T)he story of the British soldier in the age of fighting as a profession, from Anglo-Saxon times to the French Revolution. It is not the history of campaigns and regiments but of the men who went to war: their story told in their… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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PETER THE GREAT: EMPEROR OF ALL RUSSIA.
por Grey, Ian.
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- Usado - Very Good
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- Good-
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- Second Printing
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- 1960
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- Hardcover
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Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1960. 505 pp, 8 1/2" H. "The first modern Russian was Peter the Great. In this enthralling biography of that remarkable, revolutionary ruler, Ian Grey paints a superbly illuminating portrait - clean, clear, objective, without malice or sentimentality. Here we have, life-size, not only the great Tsar, but the man who fell in love… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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BEYOND THE MYTH: THE STORY OF JOAN OF ARC.
por Brooks, Polly Schoyer. Signed.
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- Usado - Very Good
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- Very Good-
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1990
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- Hardcover
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New York: J.B. Lippincott, 1990. 176 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w illustrations. Signed by author on half title page. "Inspired by her love for France, by her determination to see the rightful king rule, and especially by her private visions and voices, Joan (of Arc) overcame the doubts of everyone from her parents to the king himself.… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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BRASSEY'S BOOK OF THE CRUSADES.
por Miller, David.
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- Usado - Very Good+
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- Very Good+
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- First American Edition
- Published
- 2001
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781574882926
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- 1
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Washington, D.C.: Brassey's, 2001. 128 pp, 11 1/4" H. "The crusades, of which there were several, conducted by many forcees from different nations, were ultimately unsuccessful, the last crusaders being forced out of the Holy Land in 1291. However, as this fascinating history shows, they did serve to advance many military concepts. Notable among these were the… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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