Gates of Empire presents eight of Robert E. Howard's classic adventure stories, all of which are set during the Crusades. Stories include "Red Blades of Black Cathay," "Hawks of Outremer," "Blood of Belshazzar," "The Sowers of the Thunder," "The Lion of Tiberias," "The Shadow of the Vulture" and "Gates of Empire"
Gates of Empire
This early work by Robert E. Howard was originally published in the 1939 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.
Examines the effects of the Crusades from a variety of perspectives.
The Fall of Constantinople: Being the Story of the Fourth Crusade by Edwin Pears, first published in 1885, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great...
That judgment is accurate, but not the whole story. The whole story is in these pages.
Much has been written and much has been omitted when it comes to the Crusades; especially in modern parlance.
, first published in 2005, is justly acclaimed as the most complete and fascinating account of the historic journey to save the Holy Land from the infidel.
Perhaps no other period in history is as misunderstood as the Crusades, and in this fast-paced account, bestselling author Lars Brownworth presents the entire story, from the first clash of Christendom and Islam in the dusty sands of ...
In Crusaders, Dan Jones interrogates the many sides of the larger story, charting a deeply human and avowedly pluralist path through the crusading era.
At the court of Batu, grandson of Genghis Khan, Nicolaus and Gosset were detained, for what purpose is not clear. With no companion save Homo Dei these monks were escorted to the camp of Mangu Khan. Here on the doorstep of a savage they ...