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A thrilling history of the dramatic siege of Acre in 1291, the bloody climax to the two hundred years of the Holy Land Crusades


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"Crowley writes with authority and flair"—Peter Frankopan, Financial Times
"Gripping and brilliantly researched [. . .] This is history red in tooth and claw"—Justin Marozzi, author of Islamic Empires
“Crowley provides a fast-paced narrative, woven with dexterity, building to a crescendo that describes the siege in all its harrowing detail”— Sophie Therese Ambler, BBC History Magazine
“This is an excellent all-encompassing account of the fall of the last Crusader strong-hold in the Holy Land” —Alexander Stilwell, Catholic Herald

Accursed Tower

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    A Paperback / softback by Roger Crowley

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      Publisher Yale University Press
      Published 25 August 2020
      ISBN-13 9780300254808
      978-0300254808
      ISBN-10 0300254806
      Also in:
      Non Fiction History Middle Eastern history Military History

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A thrilling history of the dramatic siege of Acre in 1291, the bloody climax to the two hundred years of the Holy Land Crusades


      Trade Review
      "Crowley writes with authority and flair"—Peter Frankopan, Financial Times
      "Gripping and brilliantly researched [. . .] This is history red in tooth and claw"—Justin Marozzi, author of Islamic Empires
      “Crowley provides a fast-paced narrative, woven with dexterity, building to a crescendo that describes the siege in all its harrowing detail”— Sophie Therese Ambler, BBC History Magazine
      “This is an excellent all-encompassing account of the fall of the last Crusader strong-hold in the Holy Land” —Alexander Stilwell, Catholic Herald

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