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The shadow of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II hangs over the shattered Holy Roman Church as the cardinals remain deadlocked, unable to choose a new pope. Only the Binders and a mad priest have a hope of uniting the Church against the invading Mongol host. An untested band of young warriors stands against the dissolute Khan, Onghwe, fighting for glory and freedom in the Khan's sadistic circus of swords, and the brave band of Shield-Brethren who set...
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Fusing historical events with a gripping fictional narrative, this first book in the Mongoliad trilogy reveals a secret history of Europe in the thirteenth century. As the Mongols swept across Asia and were poised to invade Europe in 1241, a small band of warriors, inheritors of an ancient secret tradition, conceived a desperate plan to stop the attack. They must kill the Khan of Khans; if they fail, all of Christendom will be destroyed. In the late...
9) Genghis Khan
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Traces the life of the chief of a small Mongol tribe who established a vast empire from Peking to the Black Sea in the twelfth century.
13) Medieval warfare
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"Warfare in medieval Europe most often centered on capturing castles, and sieges of those fortresses, as well as fortified towns, became long and highly elaborate affairs featuring a wide array of weapons and techniques. Though they occurred less often, pitched battles in which thousands of foot soldiers and mounted warriors clashed were equally spectacular and often decided the fates of kings and entire nations. Meanwhile, the late medieval centuries...
14) Medieval warfare
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A concise survey of the methods of European warfare in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.