Malcolm Billings Livres

In 1095 Pope Urban II granted absolution to anyone who would fight to reclaim the Holy Land. číst celé

Many books have been written about the Crusades. Some concentrate on the romantic ideals, some on the religious fervor, and some on the fierce and bloody battles. This book is different, Journalist and broadcaster, Malcolm Billings has carefully examined all these aspects and drawing on recent research, has combined them into a new framework. He traces the fortunes of crusaders through no fewer than seven centuries and portrays them not as cardboard heroes and villains, but as ordinary men and women like ourselves. In doing so, he sheds new light on their actions and motives. Profusely illustrated witn color and Black and White Photos.

Vartan of Nazareth is the little-known story of a medical hero who founded a hospital in Nazareth 150 years ago. This book traces the remarkable story of Pacarooni Kaloost Vartan, the son of a poor Armenian tailor in Constantinople (modern day Istanbul).