THE CRUSADES - IRON MEN AND SAINTS
by HAROLD LAMB
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Crockett, California, United States
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About This Item
NEW YORK: DOUBLEDAY, DORAN AND COMPANY, INC., 1930. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 368 Pp. FIRST EDITION. COPYRIGHT 1930. NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS. DEDICATED TO THE UNCOUNTED THOUSANDS WHO DIED IN THE CRUSADES. BOOK DESCRIPTION: BLACK CLOTH HARDBOUND, GOLD GILT STAMPED EMBOSSED TITLE/DESIGN ON SPINE COVER/FRONT BOARD. DIMENSIONS: 9 1/4" x 6 1/4" x 1 3/4." BOOK CONDITION: VERY GOOD; SUNNED SPINE, FADED/RUBBED TITLE ON SPINE COVER, OWNERSHIP BOOKPLATE, PRICING NOTES ON FRONT END PAPER, BRIGHT CLEAN AND TIGHT TEXT.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- De Coux and Associates Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000815
- Title
- THE CRUSADES - IRON MEN AND SAINTS
- Author
- HAROLD LAMB
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- DOUBLEDAY, DORAN AND COMPANY, INC.
- Place of Publication
- NEW YORK
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- Medieval, Western
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