Warriors [electronic resource]
Ludlow, Jack2011
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Will the might of the Byzantine Empire crush the ambitions of the warrior brothers? Eleventh century Italy. The Byzantines rule the South, but do so in the face of constant revolt from their unwilling subjects a strife that extends from the great trading ports to the rich agricultural lands of Apulia. The Lombards, heirs to a northern tribe, are no exception and their leader, Arduin of Fassano, brings into the conflict the fearsome mercenary brothers, the de Hautevilles, to help him in his quest
to destroy the power of Constantinople. Will the might of the Byzantine Empire crush Arduin’s revolt? Can his ambitious plan succeed, or will the treachery that stalks the land play into the hands of the Normans?
Main title:
Warriors [electronic resource] / Jack Ludlow
Author:
Ludlow, Jack, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Allison & Busby, 2011
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Series:
Conquest
Biography/History:
Jack Ludlow is the pen-name of writer David Donachie, who was born in Edinburgh in 1944. He has always had an abiding interest in the Roman Republic as well as the naval history of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, which he drew on for the many historical adventure novels he has set in that period. David lives in Deal with his partner, the novelist Sarah Grazebrook.
ISBN:
9780749010706
Language:
English
BRN:
2309489