Medieval Warlords
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0713722347
ISBN 13
9780713722345
Category
NonFiction
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Publication Year
1990
Publisher
Pages
160
Subject
History
Description
This book is very light reading but still gives a good education on seven of the most infamous military leaders in the general period between the 400's and the 1500's. Both photographs and Angus McBride's talented artwork excellently support the text. The warlords are: Flavius Aetius, the 'Last of the Romans' that beat Attila at Chalons; Gaiseric, pirate warlord of the Germanic Vandals in Africa; An Lu-Shan, a leader in China's medieval barbarian conflicts; Owen of Wales, a Celtic mercenary in French service; Bertrand Du Guesclin, a famous French knight of the Hundred Year's War, Jan Zizka, leader of a Christian revolt against Roman Catholic rule in Eastern Europe, and Vlad Tepes, the most dedicated and most vicious of the Crusaders to oppose the Ottoman Turks in the 16th Century.
Number of Copies
1
