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Book SynopsisWhat qualities made Attila the Hun a strategist of genius? How did Henry V of England achieve victory at Agincourt for the loss of a few hundred of his men, when the mounted French knights suffered casualties in the thousands? Why was Hernán Cortés able to lead a ragged band of men to bring down the extraordinary power of the Aztec empire?
The answers to these and a myriad other fascinating questions can be found in Great Commanders of the Medieval World, a sumptuous chronological survey of the 25 greatest commanders of the medieval world. Compiled by an distinguished team of historians (including such names as Jonathan Sumption, Felipe Fernández-Armesto and John Julius Norwich) working under the general editorship of Andrew Roberts, Great Commanders of the Medieval World is an authoritative and beautifully illustrated account of the lives and careers of the 25 greatest military commanders of the period, from William the Conqueror to Genghis Khan, from the Black Prince to Ta
Table of Contents
Introduction. Contributors. Theodoric. Clovis. Belisarius. Muhammad. Charlemagne. Alfred the Great. Hastein. William the Conqueror. Bohemond I. Frederick Barbarossa. Genghis Khan. Kublai Khan. Alexander Nevsky. Baibars. Tamerlane. The Black Prince. Henry V. Joan of Arc. Sultan Mehmet II. Hernan Cortes. Suleyman the Magnificent. Gonzalo de Cordoba. Akbar the Great. Oda Nobunaga. Further reading. Index.
