Download or read book Siege Master s Song written by Tom Vetter and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2016-12-21 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Siege Master's Song:The Recollections of Lord Godric MacEuan on the First Crusade, Volume Twoby Tom VetterWhen justice is denied, vengeance will do.I am Baron Godric MacEuan. As sheriff-at-large for Scotland, I rode the entire kingdom for King Malcolm Canmore, dealing with the worst of men to protect the innocent and enforce the king's law.Now, I am young, and often underestimated because of it. But that is a serious mistake, for I have a talent for destruction. And not even your castle can save you, for I destroy castles, too.Yet when good King Malcolm was treacherously slain, I could not save him, nor bring his killer to trial ... because his murderer was King William Rufus of England.Punish a king? You cannot. But you can take vengeance.So King Rufus rules England, and thinks himself safe to act as he likes because he wears its crown.But no man is truly safe from another set upon vengeance. Even a king. Especially from a man with my skills.------------------------------------------------------------SECOND VOLUME IN THE SIEGE MASTER SERIES, THE EPIC STORY OF THE FIRST CRUSADE TOLD AS NEVER BEFORE: AS THE FIRST-HAND RECOLLECTIONS OF A SCOTTISH KNIGHT WHO BATTLES TURKS, TURNCOATS, STARVATION, AND DEATH ITSELF TO WIN A CRUSADE AND RECOVER HOLY JERUSALEM. 384 pages. Release December 2016.
Download or read book The Siege Master s Song written by Thomas Vetter and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-21 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Siege Master's Song: The Recollections of Lord Godric MacEuan on the First Crusade, Volume Two. Murder requires justice. But when one king murders another by treachery, who can get justice? I am Baron Godric MacEuan. As sheriff-at-large for Scotland, I rode the kingdom for King Malcolm Canmore, dealing with the worst of men to protect the innocent and enforce the king's law. Yet when good King Malcolm was treacherously slain, I could not save him, nor bring his killer to trial ... because his murderer was King William Rufus of England. Punish a king? You cannot. But you can take vengeance. So King Rufus thinks himself safe in England because he wears its crown. But no man is truly safe from another set upon vengeance. Even a king. Especially from a man with my skills. Second volume in The Siege Master series, epic story of the First Crusade retold as the first-hand recollections of a Scottish knight who battles Turks, starvation, and death itself to recover Holy Jerusalem. 384 pages.
Download or read book The Siege Master s Song written by Tom Vetter and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-24 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Justice Is Denied, Vengeance Will Do.I am Baron Godric MacEuan. As sheriff-at-large for Scotland, I rode the entire kingdom for King Malcolm Canmore, dealing with the worst of men to protect the innocent and enforce the king's law.Now, I am young, and often underestimated because of it. But that is a serious mistake, for I have a talent for destruction. And not even your castle can save you, for I destroy castles, too.Yet when good King Malcolm was treacherously slain, I could not save him, nor bring his killer to trial ... because his murderer was King William Rufus of England.Punish a king? You cannot. But you can take vengeance.So King Rufus rules England, and thinks himself safe to act as he likes because he wears its crown.But no man is truly safe from another set upon vengeance. Even a king. Especially from a man with my skills.-----------------------------------------------------SECOND VOLUME IN THE SIEGE MASTER SERIES, THE EPIC STORY OF THE FIRST CRUSADE TOLD AS NEVER BEFORE: AS THE FIRST-HAND RECOLLECTIONS OF A SCOTTISH KNIGHT WHO BATTLES TURKS, TURNCOATS, STARVATION, AND DEATH ITSELF TO WIN A CRUSADE AND RECOVER HOLY JERUSALEM. 384 pages. Release December 2016.
Download or read book Zuo Tradition Zuozhuan written by and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2017-05-01 with total page 2243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan; sometimes called The Zuo Commentary) is China�s first great work of history. It consists of two interwoven texts - the Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu, a terse annalistic record) and a vast web of narratives and speeches that add context and interpretation to the Annals. Completed by about 300 BCE, it is the longest and one of the most difficult texts surviving from pre-imperial times. It has been as important to the foundation and preservation of Chinese culture as the historical books of the Hebrew Bible have been to the Jewish and Christian traditions. It has shaped notions of history, justice, and the significance of human action in the Chinese tradition perhaps more so than any comparable work of Latin or Greek historiography has done to Western civilization. This translation, accompanied by the original text, an introduction, and annotations, will finally make Zuozhuan accessible to all.
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Download or read book The Power of Song written by Guntis Smidchens and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2014-03-28 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Power of Song shows how the people of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania confronted a military superpower and achieved independence in the Baltic �Singing Revolution.� When attacked by Soviet soldiers in public displays of violent force, singing Balts maintained faith in nonviolent political action. More than 110 choral, rock, and folk songs are translated and interpreted in poetic, cultural, and historical context. Watch the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh7vFFjK0rc
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Download or read book The Gunpowder Age written by Tonio Andrade and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-08-29 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A first look at gunpowder's revolutionary impact on China's role in global history The Chinese invented gunpowder and began exploring its military uses as early as the 900s, four centuries before the technology passed to the West. But by the early 1800s, China had fallen so far behind the West in gunpowder warfare that it was easily defeated by Britain in the Opium War of 1839–42. What happened? In The Gunpowder Age, Tonio Andrade offers a compelling new answer, opening a fresh perspective on a key question of world history: why did the countries of western Europe surge to global importance starting in the 1500s while China slipped behind? Historians have long argued that gunpowder weapons helped Europeans establish global hegemony. Yet the inhabitants of what is today China not only invented guns and bombs but also, as Andrade shows, continued to innovate in gunpowder technology through the early 1700s—much longer than previously thought. Why, then, did China become so vulnerable? Andrade argues that one significant reason is that it was out of practice fighting wars, having enjoyed nearly a century of relative peace, since 1760. Indeed, he demonstrates that China—like Europe—was a powerful military innovator, particularly during times of great warfare, such as the violent century starting after the Opium War, when the Chinese once again quickly modernized their forces. Today, China is simply returning to its old position as one of the world's great military powers. By showing that China’s military dynamism was deeper, longer lasting, and more quickly recovered than previously understood, The Gunpowder Age challenges long-standing explanations of the so-called Great Divergence between the West and Asia.
