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The Crusades; The Flame of Islam: Saladin, the Victory Bringer; Baibars, the Panther; Richard the Lion Heart; Saint Louis; Barbarossa.
by Lamb, Harold
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, dampstains to top edge, ink name to ffep, in a good dust jacket with worn edges and some closed tears.
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About This Item
Garden City.: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1931. 1st edition.. Black cloth, gilt spine title, top edge stained orange, pictorial endpapers. . Very good, dampstains to top edge, ink name to ffep, in a good dust jacket with worn edges and some closed tears. . 23.5x15.5 cm. . weight: 1.9 lb. Numerous illustrations.
Synopsis
At the end of the night of the Dark Ages a multitude of our ancestors left their homes. They started out on what they called the voyage of God..They were marching out of the familiar, known world into Asia to set free with their own hands the Sepulcher of Christ. They wanted to live there, in the promised land, ruled by no king but by the will of God. On the shoulders of their jackets they wore a cross, sewn out of cloth, and because of this they were called the cruciati, or cross-bearers..In this volume is told the story of the first crusaders. It begins with their setting out, and it ends with the death of the last survivor. Eight hundred and thirty-five years have passed since then, and the lives of these men are known to us only the chronicles of their day..Several of these chronicles were written by men who marched with the crusaders, by two chaplains and an unknown soldier. Two other narratives ere finished in Beyond the Sea after the march, and we have the accounts of others who saw the crusaders pass..It is the story of a dozen men, most of them leaders, who started out on that long journey- what they saw on the road, and what they did, and what befell them at the Sepulcher of Christ.
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- Bookseller
- Zephyr Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140037
- Title
- The Crusades; The Flame of Islam: Saladin, the Victory Bringer; Baibars, the Panther; Richard the Lion Heart; Saint Louis; Barbarossa.
- Author
- Lamb, Harold
- Format/Binding
- Black cloth, gilt spine title, top edge stained orange, pictorial endpapers.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, dampstains to top edge, ink name to ffep, in a good dust jacket with worn edges and some closed tears.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City.
- Date Published
- 1931
- Pages
- x, [4], 490 pp.
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
- Size
- 23.5x15.5 cm.
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About Zephyr Books
Zephyr Books is owned and operated by Lee and Ivye Johnson. We have been in the book business in Reno, Nevada since 1994. We have operated both brick and mortar, as well as online exclusive shops. We closed our brick and mortar shop in 2013, and now offer an exclusive selection of rare, collectible, and antiquarian books online only.
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