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The Moor's Last Stand

The Moor's Last Stand

How Seven Centuries Of Muslim Rule In Spain Came To An End

Elizabeth Drayson

Inhaltsverzeichnis: The Nasrid dynasty of Granada -- Man of destiny: Boabdil's early life -- From knight to King: Boabdil reigns in Granada -- Captured -- From King to pawn -- Checkmate: the path of surrender -- Exile -- Boabdil in fiction and legend -- The Moor's last stand -- Principal dramatis personae -- Lineage of the Nasrid dynasty. ...

Publisher:
Phoenix
ISBN:
978-1-78125-687-9
Pages:
224
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Inhaltsverzeichnis: The Nasrid dynasty of Granada -- Man of destiny: Boabdil's early life -- From knight to King: Boabdil reigns in Granada -- Captured -- From King to pawn -- Checkmate: the path of surrender -- Exile -- Boabdil in fiction and legend -- The Moor's last stand -- Principal dramatis personae -- Lineage of the Nasrid dynasty.

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