In the Ballroom

Acknowledged expert on the history of the Middle East and the Crusades, Lieutenant General Sir Simon Mayall KBE, CB, focuses on some of the most significant clashes of arms in human history: the taking and retaking of Jerusalem and the collapse of the Crusader states; the fall of Constantinople; the sieges of Rhodes and Malta; the assault on Vienna and the ‘high-water mark’ of Ottoman advance into Europe; culminating in the Allied capture of Jerusalem in World War I, the final collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the dissolution of the sultanate and the caliphate, and the formation of modern Europe and the modern Middle East.

His talk based on his book, The House of War, offers a wide, sweeping narrative, encompassing the broad historical and religious context of this period, while focusing on some of the key, pivotal sieges and battles, and on the protagonists, political and military, who determined their conclusions and their consequences.

Tickets: £15.00 pp

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