The Accursed Tower, Roger Crowley
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The Accursed Tower
The Fall of Acre and the End of the Crusades

Author: Roger Crowley

Narrator: Matt Kugler

Unabridged: 8 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: 11/05/2019

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

From a New York Times-bestselling author, a stirring account of the siege of Acre in 1291, when the last Christian stronghold fell to the Muslim army

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, Roger Crowley delivers a lively narrative of the lead-up to the siege and a vivid, blow-by-blow account of the climactic battle. Drawing on extant Arabic sources as well as untranslated Latin documents, he argues that Acre is notable for technical advances in military planning and siege warfare, and extraordinary for its individual heroism and savage slaughter. A gripping depiction of the crusader era told through its dramatic last moments, The Accursed Tower offers an essential new view on a crucial turning point in world history.

Longlisted for the Historical Writers Association Nonfiction Crown

Author Bio

Roger Crowley was born in 1951 and spent part of his childhood in Malta. He read English at Cambridge University, then taught English in Istanbul, where he developed a strong interest in the history of Turkey. He has traveled throughout the Mediterranean basin over many years and has a wide-ranging knowledge of its geography and its past. Roger has a reading knowledge of Turkish, several European languages, and Latin. He is the author of 1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West.

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