Ernle Bradford: The Great Betrayal

Cover: 9781497637887 | The Great Betrayal | The Great Siege of Constantinople | Bradford

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An engrossing chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the fall of the Holy Roman Empire, from the bestselling author of Thermopylae.
At the dawn of the thirteenth century, Constantinople stood as the bastion of Christianity in Eastern Europe. The capital city of the Byzantine Empire, it was a center of art, culture, and commerce that had commanded trading routes between Asia, Russia, and Europe for hundreds of years. But in 1204, the city suffered a devastating attack that would spell the end of the Holy Roman Empire.

The army of the Fourth Crusade had set out to reclaim Jerusalem, but under the sway of their Venetian patrons, the crusaders diverted from their path in order to lay siege to Constantinople. With longstanding tensions between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches, the crusaders set arms against their Christian neighbors, destroying a vital alliance between Eastern and Western Rome.

In The Great Betrayal, historian Ernle Bradford brings to life this powerful tale of envy and greed, demonstrating the far-reaching consequences this siege would have across Europe for centuries to come.

Über den Autor

Ernle Bradford was born in 1922 and died in 1986. He was a noted British historian specializing in the Mediterranean world and naval topics. Bradford was an enthusiastic sailor himself and spent almost thirty years sailing the Mediterranean, where many of his books are set. He served in the Royal Navy during World War II, finishing as the first lieutenant of a destroyer. Bradford lived in Malta for a number of years. He did occasional broadcast work for the BBC, was a magazine editor, and wrote many books, including Hannibal, Paul the Traveller, Julius Caesar: The Pursuit of Power, Christopher Columbus, and The Mighty Hood.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Dedication
Preface
Epigraph
Chapter 1 –The Crusaders Sight the City
Chapter 2 – Constantinople
Chapter 3 – The First Skirmish
Chapter 4 – Machinations in Venice
Chapter 5 – The Fleet Enters the Golden Horn
Chapter 6 – The First Assault
Chapter 7 – The Waring Guard
Chapter 8 – An Emperor is Crowned
Chapter 9 – The Great Fire
Chapter 10 – Murtzuphlus Seizes Power
Chapter 11 – The City in Spring
Chapter 12 – Preparations for Attack
Chapter 13 – Into the Breach
Chapter 14 – Conquest and Loot
Chapter 15 – Death of a City
Chapter 16 – The Triumph of Venice
Chapter 17 – Dismemberment of an Empire
Chapter 18 – Landscape with Ruins
Appendix
Notes
Short Bibliography

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2014
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Jahrhundert:	Mittelalter
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781497637887
ISBN-10:	1497637880
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Bradford, Ernle
Hersteller:	Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	203 x 133 x 14 mm
Von/Mit:	Ernle Bradford
Erscheinungsdatum:	19.08.2014
Gewicht:	0,283 kg