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The fourth Crusade and the sack of Constantinople

by Jonathan Phillips

An account of the Fourth Crusade of 1202, tracing how Western Christians aiming to liberate Jerusalem diverted to Constantinople, where they carried out a devastating two-year campaign of plunder, murder, and destruction.

Accession 1336 ISBN 0670033502 Publisher Viking
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