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Osprey Publishing (1990), Edition: First Edition, Paperback, 48 pages
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Tamerlane or Timur-i-Lenk ('Timur the Lame') is one of the most extraordinary conquerors in history. In the late 14th century his armies seized huge territories from the borders of Mongolia to Palestine and Anatolia. His passage was marked by massacres that outdid even those of the Mongols for sheer savagery. Timur's career was unequalled since Alexander the Great in terms of constant battlefield success. Only in his youth, while recovering his family estates south of Samarqand, did heface occasional defeat. This title tells the remarkable story of Timur and details the organisation, tactics, arms and armour of his all-conquering army.
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This is one of the better Osprey's in the Men At Arms series. The period and the limited geographical focus an exploration in relative depth of an impressive phenomenon. Timur's meteoric career seriously damaged the culture of the Islamic world, and the effects remain to this day. The plates are
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well chosen, and the chronology is of value to the researcher in other facets of the story. There are prosperous birds in the plates :-) Show Less
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48 p.
ISBN
0850459494 / 9780850459494