Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. Maps xi
5. Prologue: The Accursed Tower 1
6. 1. The Second Kingdom of Jerusalem 8
7. 2. Death on the Nile 22
8. 3. Between the Mamluks and the Mongols 40
9. 4. The Lion of Egypt 51
10. 5. A Puppy Yelping at a Mastiff 71
11. 6. War to the Enemy 90
12. 7. ‘My Soul Longed for Jihad’ 105
13. 8. The Red Tent 119
14. 9. ‘Bolts of Th under, Flashes of Lightning’ 133
15. 10. Sorties 149
16. 11. Negotiations 162
17. 12. ‘See the Wound!’ 178
18. 13. The Terrible Day 191
19. 14. ‘Everything Was Lost’ 202
20. Epilogue A Habitation for Snakes 216
21. A Brief Timeline of the Holy Land Crusades 220
22. The Evidence for the Fall of Acre 222
23. A Note on Names 227
24. Bibliography 229
25. Source Notes 238
26. Illustrations 256
27. Index 261