The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople by Jonathan Phillips

The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople

Jonathan Phillips

374 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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In 1202, zealous Western Christians gathered in Venice determined to liberate Jerusalem from the grip of Islam. But the crusaders never made it to the Holy Land. Steered forward by the shrewd Venetian doge, they descended instead on Constantinople...

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