Rhodes Besieged: A New History

by Robert Douglas Smith and Kelly DeVries

Retelling the historic sieges of Rhodes through the eyes of the soldiers, this study challenges and revises current thinking on siege warfare and the use of the cannon Using eyewitness accounts, surviving guns, and extant walls, this book uniquely details the story of two famous sieges, and the efforts made by the Hospitallers to adapt their fortifications and artillery to defy the most powerful military power in the world. In doing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0752461788
• ISBN13: 9780752461786
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.6"