The last crusaders : the hundred-year battle for the centre of the world
Rogerson, Barnaby2009
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'The Last Crusaders' is a narrative history about the carnage of Lepanto, the conquests of Don Juan, the pyramid of Spanish skulls that Dragut built in Jerba, about how the Spanish stabled their horses on a litter of Korans, and the life of galley slaves, gunpowder, the casting of cannon and gold.
Main title:
The last crusaders : the hundred-year battle for the centre of the world / Barnaby Rogerson.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Little, Brown, 2009.
Collation:
xvii, 481 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780316861243 (hbk)
Dewey class:
956.1015909.07
Local class:
909.07
Language:
English
BRN:
1567430