Tag: Crusade

January 16, 2024

How to Plan a Crusade Religious War in the High Middle Ages [Audiobook] (2024)

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Free Download How to Plan a Crusade: Religious War in the High Middle Ages (Audiobook)
English | December 18, 2018 | ASIN: B07L45YM2B | M4B@64 kbps | 13h 53m | 438 MB
Author: Christopher Tyerman | Narrator: Clive Chafer
A spirited and sweeping account of how the Crusades really worked – and a revolutionary attempt to rethink how we understand the Middle Ages

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January 1, 2024

Latin America’s Democratic Crusade The Transnational Struggle against Dictatorship, 1920s-1960s

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Free Download Allen Wells, "Latin America’s Democratic Crusade: The Transnational Struggle against Dictatorship, 1920s-1960s"
English | ISBN: 0300264402 | 2023 | 736 pages | PDF | 4 MB
By emphasizing Latin American reformers’ decades-long struggle to defeat authoritarianism, this transnational history challenges the timeworn Cold War paradigm and recasts the region’s political evolution

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September 28, 2023

The Third Crusade 1191 Richard the Lionheart, Saladin and the struggle for Jerusalem

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Free Download Christa Hook, "The Third Crusade 1191: Richard the Lionheart, Saladin and the struggle for Jerusalem"
English | 2005 | pages: 97 | ISBN: 1841768685 | PDF | 36,0 mb
The clash between King Richard I ‘The Lionheart’ of England and Saladin has become legendary. Throughout the ages, military enthusiasts have been fascinated by the strategy of the resolute, heavily armed Anglo-Saxon army versus their more lightly armed opponents. Richard’s inability to recapture Jerusalem was disappointing, but it proved to the crusaders that Saladin was not invincible. This book describes the struggle of the Crusades (1095-1291)that has evolved into a mythic campaign for the Holy City of Jerusalem, providing an in-depth look at the battle, the personalities involved and the tactics employed by each army.

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September 28, 2023

Ireland 1649-52 Cromwell’s Protestant Crusade

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Free Download Graham Turner, "Ireland 1649-52: Cromwell’s Protestant Crusade"
English | 2009 | pages: 100 | ISBN: 1846033683 | PDF | 10,3 mb
Osprey’s study of Oliver Cromwell’s campaigns during the end of theEnglish Civil War (1642-1651). Following the execution of King Charles I in January 1649, the English Parliament saw their opportunity to launch an assault on the Royalist enclave in Ireland. Oliver Cromwell was appointed as Deputy of Ireland to lead a campaign to restore direct control and quell the Confederate opposition.

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September 19, 2023

Crusade in Europe A Personal Account of World War II [Audiobook]

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Free Download Crusade in Europe: A Personal Account of World War II (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CH3S8CWR | 2023 | 22 hours and 00 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 605 MB
Author: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Narrator: David Colacci
Five-star General Dwight D. Eisenhower was arguably the single most important military figure of World War II. Crusade in Europe tells the complete story of the war as he planned and executed it. Through Eisenhower’s eyes the enormous scope and drama of the war-strategy, battles, moments of great decision-become fully illuminated in all their fateful glory. Penned before his Presidency, this account is deeply human and helped propel him to the highest office. His personal record of the tense first hours after he had issued the order to attack leaves no doubt of his travails and reveals how this great leader handled the ultimate pressure. For historians, his memoir of this world historic period has become an indispensable record of the war and timeless classic.

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