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Author:   Sir Simon Mayall
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Osprey Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 12.80cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 19.60cm
Weight:   0.260kg
ISBN:  

9781472864369

ISBN 10:   1472864360
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   12 March 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Author's Note and Acknowledgements List of Illustrations and Maps Introduction Part One: The Battle Lines are Drawn 1. Rise of the Caliphate: Yarmouk and al-Qadisiyyah 636 Part Two: The Contest for the Holy Land 2. Victory in the East: Jerusalem 1099 3. Disaster at the Horns: Hattin 1187 4. Expulsion from Eden: Acre 1291 Part Three: Ruin of an Empire 5. The Walls Fail: Constantinople 1453 Part Four: The Struggle for the Middle Sea 6. The Knights at Bay: Rhodes 1522 7. They Shall Not Pass: Malta 1565 8. ‘There Was a Man Called John’: Lepanto 1571 Part Five: The Marches of Central Europe 9. ‘Like a Flood of Black Pitch’: Vienna 1683 Part Six: The World Remade 10. He Stoops to Conquer: Jerusalem 1917 Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

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""Ambitious in range, pacy and highly readable, and admirably clear, it should be essential reading for diplomats, military leaders and politicians."" --General Sir Patrick Sanders, former Chief of the General Staff ""No one could be better qualified to write on this fascinating subject ... Simon Mayall is a soldier-scholar at the top of his game."" --Andrew Roberts, author of 'Churchill: Walking with Destiny' ""This is a remarkable book."" --The Rt Hon The Lord Soames of Fletching ""An engrossing account of over a thousand years of conflict that has shaped our world."" --Dan Snow ""Rarely has a military history book been so necessary and well-timed as Simon Mayall's erudite and entertaining The House of War."" --Nicholas Hopton, former UK Ambassador to Iran, Libya, Qatar and Yemen ""A fascinating history."" --Charles Moore, The Spectator ""Simon Mayall sustains remarkable clarity in description and analysis. The book will be of enormous interest to historians who seek to understand the many dimensions of the situation in the Middle East and beyond."" --Pennant ""...[The] House of War is a great narrative history."" --The Critic

Ambitious in range, pacy and highly readable, and admirably clear, it should be essential reading for diplomats, military leaders and politicians. * General Sir Patrick Sanders, former Chief of the General Staff * No one could be better qualified to write on this fascinating subject … Simon Mayall is a soldier-scholar at the top of his game. * Andrew Roberts, author of 'Churchill: Walking with Destiny' * This is a remarkable book. * The Rt Hon The Lord Soames of Fletching * An engrossing account of over a thousand years of conflict that has shaped our world. * Dan Snow * Rarely has a military history book been so necessary and well-timed as Simon Mayall’s erudite and entertaining The House of War. * Nicholas Hopton, former UK Ambassador to Iran, Libya, Qatar and Yemen * A fascinating history. -- Charles Moore * The Spectator * Simon Mayall sustains remarkable clarity in description and analysis. The book will be of enormous interest to historians who seek to understand the many dimensions of the situation in the Middle East and beyond. * Pennant * ...[The] House of War is a great narrative history. * The Critic *

Author Information

Simon Mayall is a former soldier in the British Army. Much of his 40-year professional career was focussed on the Middle East, and he has strong family and academic interests in the region. His last appointments were as the British Government’s Defence Senior Adviser for the Middle East, and the Prime Minister’s Security Envoy to Iraq and the Kurdish Region. He is currently Chair of the Council of the National Army Museum.

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