True Stories of the Condottieri (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

F. Hamilton Jackson

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1331928702 ISBN 13 : 9781331928706

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Explore the bold world of Renaissance mercenary captains and the wars they shaped. This nonfiction collection draws back the curtain on the lives, loyalties, and daring strategies of the era’s most famed condottieri, including their battles, intrigues, and the political tides that fed their power.

In these pages, you’ll meet soldiers who turned war into a career, governed cities with iron will, and negotiated with popes, dukes, and republics. The narrative blends vivid battle scenes with portraits of leadership, discipline, and the personal costs of a life spent in constant campaign. It reads like a gallery of larger-than-life figures, anchored by careful details that illuminate the era without losing sight of human detail.

• Learn how mercenary captains built wealth through war, diplomacy, and governance.
• See the strategic mind at work in sieges, marches, and fleet actions across Italy’s principal theaters.
• Discover the relationships between generals, city-states, and the papacy, and how loyalty shaped outcomes.
• Understand the traits that made certain leaders endure, while others faded from memory.

Ideal for readers curious about Renaissance warfare, political power, and the personalities who commanded history on the Italian peninsula.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1331928702
• ISBN 13: 9781331928706
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 351
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