Acre 1291 - Bloody Decline of the Crusader States, Cam154

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Acre 1291 - Bloody Decline of the Crusader States
(Campaign 154)

Author: David Nicolle
Illustrator: Graham Turner
Paperback; August 2005; 96 pages

About this book:
In April 1291, a Mamluk army besieged Acre, the last major Crusader fortress in the Holy Land. For six weeks, the siege dragged on until the Mamluks took the outer wall, which had been breached in several places. Military orders temporarily drove the Mamluks back, but three days later the inner wall was breached. King Henry escaped, but most of the defenders and most of the citizens perished in the fighting or were sold into slavery. The surviving knights fell back to their stronghold, holding out for ten days, until the Mamluks broke through. This book describes the dramatic collapse of this great fortress, whose disappearance marked the end of the Crusades in the Holy Land.

the authors:
Born in 1944, David Nicolle worked for the BBC's Arabic Service for several years before earning an MA from the London School of Oriental and African Studies and a PhD from the University of Edinburgh. He has written numerous books and articles on medieval and Islamic warfare and has been a prolific author of Osprey titles for many years.

Graham Turner is a leading historical artist, specializing in the medieval period. He has illustrated numerous titles for Osprey, covering a wide variety of subjects, from the dress of the armies of the 10th-century caliphates, through the action of bloody medieval battles, to the daily life of British redcoats in the late 18th century. Graham, son of illustrator Michael Turner, lives and works in Buckinghamshire, UK.

content:
# Background to the siege
# Chronology
# Opposing Commanders
# Opposing forces
# Opposing plans
# The Siege and Capture of Acre
# Consequences
# The battlefield today