A Twisted Cross - Couverture souple

Russell, J. R.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0957567308 ISBN 13 : 9780957567306

Editeur : Skycat Publications, 2013

Synopsis

This is a story told by a child of a great crime committed in the name of God. In this it is signal but not unique, in these days almost a commonplace. A Christian crusade called by Pope Innocient III in 1199 to redeem the holy city of Jerusalem ended five years later in the siege and occupation of the Christian city of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire. An army of devoted men enlisted in an honourable cause was diverted to a desperate and dishonourable action ending in robbery, rape and murder, and the destruction of a culture and an empire. The great cathedral of St Sophia was desecrated and despoiled, churches and libraries were ravaged, statues, monuments and mosaics were shattered, precious relics of ancient Greece and early Christianity were stolen and scattered throughout Europe, the vast wealth of a thousand years of empire was seized and squandered, a whole population was dispersed, a whole civilisation was destroyed.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Skycat Publications
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0957567308
• ISBN 13: 9780957567306
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 125
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible