The Field of Blood: The Battle for Aleppo and the Remaking of the Medieval Middle East

by Nicholas Morton

Book Overview

In 1119, the people of the Near East came together in an epic clash of horses, swords, sand, and blood that would decide the fate of the city of the Aleppo-and the eastern Crusader states. Fought between tribal Turkish warriors on steppe ponies, Arab foot soldiers, Armenian bowmen, and European knights, the battlefield was the amphitheatre into which the people of Eurasia poured their full gladiatorial might. Carrying a piece of the true cross before...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465096697
• ISBN13: 9780465096695
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"