Author: Unknown
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1773563866
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
In this edition there are three modern English translations along with the original Old English version that students and teachers can use to study and compare the original epic in all its glory! Now in larger print!
The Sword
Author: Lisa Deutscher
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1783274271
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
A multidisciplinary overview of current research into the enduringly fascinating martial artefact which is the sword.
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1783274271
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
A multidisciplinary overview of current research into the enduringly fascinating martial artefact which is the sword.
Sword and Scimitar
Author: Raymond Ibrahim
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 0306825562
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 443
Book Description
A sweeping history of the often-violent conflict between Islam and the West, shedding a revealing light on current hostilities The West and Islam -- the sword and scimitar -- have clashed since the mid-seventh century, when, according to Muslim tradition, the Roman emperor rejected Prophet Muhammad's order to abandon Christianity and convert to Islam, unleashing a centuries-long jihad on Christendom. Sword and Scimitar chronicles the decisive battles that arose from this ages-old Islamic jihad, beginning with the first major Islamic attack on Christian land in 636, through the Muslim occupation of nearly three-quarters of Christendom which prompted the Crusades, followed by renewed Muslim conquests by Turks and Tatars, to the European colonization of the Muslim world in the 1800s, when Islam largely went on the retreat -- until its reemergence in recent times. Using original sources in Arabic and Greek, preeminent historian Raymond Ibrahim describes each battle in vivid detail and explains how these wars and the larger historical currents of the age reflect the cultural fault lines between Islam and the West. The majority of these landmark battles -- including the battles of Yarmuk, Tours, Manzikert, the sieges at Constantinople and Vienna, and the crusades in Syria and Spain--are now forgotten or considered inconsequential. Yet today, as the West faces a resurgence of this enduring Islamic jihad, Sword and Scimitar provides the needed historical context to understand the current relationship between the West and the Islamic world -- and why the Islamic State is merely the latest chapter of an old history.
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 0306825562
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 443
Book Description
A sweeping history of the often-violent conflict between Islam and the West, shedding a revealing light on current hostilities The West and Islam -- the sword and scimitar -- have clashed since the mid-seventh century, when, according to Muslim tradition, the Roman emperor rejected Prophet Muhammad's order to abandon Christianity and convert to Islam, unleashing a centuries-long jihad on Christendom. Sword and Scimitar chronicles the decisive battles that arose from this ages-old Islamic jihad, beginning with the first major Islamic attack on Christian land in 636, through the Muslim occupation of nearly three-quarters of Christendom which prompted the Crusades, followed by renewed Muslim conquests by Turks and Tatars, to the European colonization of the Muslim world in the 1800s, when Islam largely went on the retreat -- until its reemergence in recent times. Using original sources in Arabic and Greek, preeminent historian Raymond Ibrahim describes each battle in vivid detail and explains how these wars and the larger historical currents of the age reflect the cultural fault lines between Islam and the West. The majority of these landmark battles -- including the battles of Yarmuk, Tours, Manzikert, the sieges at Constantinople and Vienna, and the crusades in Syria and Spain--are now forgotten or considered inconsequential. Yet today, as the West faces a resurgence of this enduring Islamic jihad, Sword and Scimitar provides the needed historical context to understand the current relationship between the West and the Islamic world -- and why the Islamic State is merely the latest chapter of an old history.
Sword of the Rightful King
Author: Jane Yolen
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152025335
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
The newly crowned King Arthur has yet to win the support of the people. Merlin must do something before the king is betrayed, or murdered, or--worst of all--gets married. So Merlin creates a trick: a sword magically placed into a slab of rock that only Arthur can withdraw. Then he lets it be known that whosoever removes the blade will rule all of England, and invites any man who would dare, to try to pull out the sword. But then someone else pulls the sword out first. . . .
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152025335
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
The newly crowned King Arthur has yet to win the support of the people. Merlin must do something before the king is betrayed, or murdered, or--worst of all--gets married. So Merlin creates a trick: a sword magically placed into a slab of rock that only Arthur can withdraw. Then he lets it be known that whosoever removes the blade will rule all of England, and invites any man who would dare, to try to pull out the sword. But then someone else pulls the sword out first. . . .
Sword & Citadel
Author: Gene Wolfe
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312890184
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
A Major work of twentieth-century American Literature.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312890184
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
A Major work of twentieth-century American Literature.
The Book of the Sword
Author: Sir Richard Francis Burton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Beowulf: Scholar's Edition Revised
Author: Unknown
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1773563866
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
In this edition there are three modern English translations along with the original Old English version that students and teachers can use to study and compare the original epic in all its glory! Now in larger print!
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1773563866
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
In this edition there are three modern English translations along with the original Old English version that students and teachers can use to study and compare the original epic in all its glory! Now in larger print!
The Sword and the Flute
Author: David R. Kinsley
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN: 9788120813151
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
FOR SALE IN SOUTH ASIA ONLY
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN: 9788120813151
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
FOR SALE IN SOUTH ASIA ONLY
The Forging of the Sword
Author: Mark Robson
Publisher: Sword Publishers
ISBN: 9780953819003
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
Publisher: Sword Publishers
ISBN: 9780953819003
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
The Sword of Damascus (Death of Rome Saga Book Four)
Author: Richard Blake
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1848947038
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 661
Book Description
The fourth book of the DEATH OF ROME SAGA is a must-read for those who loved the heroism of Gladiator and Spartacus. 687 AD. Expansive and triumphant, the Caliphate has stripped Egypt and Syria from the Byzantine Empire. Farther and farther back, the formerly hegemonic Empire has been pushed - once to the very walls of its capital, Constantinople. But what is all this to old Aelric, now in his nineties, and a refugee from the Empire he's spent his life holding together? No longer the Lord Senator Alaric, Brother Aelric is writing his memoirs in the remote wastes of northern England, and waiting patiently for death. Then a band of northern barbarians turn up outside the monastery - and then another. Before he can draw another breath, Aelric is a prisoner of unknown forces, and headed straight back into the snake pit of Mediterranean hatreds. What awaits him at the end of his long and dangerous journey is a confrontation that decides the fate of all mankind.
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1848947038
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 661
Book Description
The fourth book of the DEATH OF ROME SAGA is a must-read for those who loved the heroism of Gladiator and Spartacus. 687 AD. Expansive and triumphant, the Caliphate has stripped Egypt and Syria from the Byzantine Empire. Farther and farther back, the formerly hegemonic Empire has been pushed - once to the very walls of its capital, Constantinople. But what is all this to old Aelric, now in his nineties, and a refugee from the Empire he's spent his life holding together? No longer the Lord Senator Alaric, Brother Aelric is writing his memoirs in the remote wastes of northern England, and waiting patiently for death. Then a band of northern barbarians turn up outside the monastery - and then another. Before he can draw another breath, Aelric is a prisoner of unknown forces, and headed straight back into the snake pit of Mediterranean hatreds. What awaits him at the end of his long and dangerous journey is a confrontation that decides the fate of all mankind.
Blade of Secrets
Author: Tricia Levenseller
Publisher:
ISBN: 1250756782
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In Blade of Secrets, the first book in Tricia Levenseller's exciting new YA fantasy duology, a teenage blacksmith with social anxiety is forced to go on the run to protect the world from the most powerful magical sword she's ever made. Eighteen-year-old Ziva prefers metal to people. She spends her days tucked away in her forge, safe from society and the anxiety it causes her, using her magical gift to craft unique weapons imbued with power. Then Ziva receives a commission from a powerful warlord, and the result is a sword capable of stealing its victims secrets. A sword that can cut far deeper than the length of its blade. A sword with the strength to topple kingdoms. When Ziva learns of the warlord’s intentions to use the weapon to enslave all the world under her rule, she takes her sister and flees. Joined by a distractingly handsome mercenary and a young scholar with extensive knowledge of the world’s known magics, Ziva and her sister set out on a quest to keep the sword safe until they can find a worthy wielder or a way to destroy it entirely.
Publisher:
ISBN: 1250756782
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In Blade of Secrets, the first book in Tricia Levenseller's exciting new YA fantasy duology, a teenage blacksmith with social anxiety is forced to go on the run to protect the world from the most powerful magical sword she's ever made. Eighteen-year-old Ziva prefers metal to people. She spends her days tucked away in her forge, safe from society and the anxiety it causes her, using her magical gift to craft unique weapons imbued with power. Then Ziva receives a commission from a powerful warlord, and the result is a sword capable of stealing its victims secrets. A sword that can cut far deeper than the length of its blade. A sword with the strength to topple kingdoms. When Ziva learns of the warlord’s intentions to use the weapon to enslave all the world under her rule, she takes her sister and flees. Joined by a distractingly handsome mercenary and a young scholar with extensive knowledge of the world’s known magics, Ziva and her sister set out on a quest to keep the sword safe until they can find a worthy wielder or a way to destroy it entirely.