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The Book of Famous Sieges

The Book of Famous Sieges

by Tudor JENKS (1857 - 1922)

History is dominated by war, battles, and sieges. Our history books are full of these. But history books usually don't explain sieges in such an accessible and at times entertaining way as Tudor Jenks manages in this 1909 volume. The text and explanations are directed at children, but interested adults will profit from them in the same way. - Summary by Carolin


A Siege in the Earliest Times

Constantinople, about 717 AD

Jerusalem, 70 AD

Preface

Siege of Alesia, 52 BC

Siege of Antioch, 1097 AD

Siege of Orleans in 1428

Siege of Paris in 885

The Fall of Constantinople, 1453

The Fifth Period

The First Period

The Fourth Period

The Second Period

The Siege of Antwerp, 1832

The Siege of Babylon, 538 BC

The Siege of Gibraltar, 1783

The Siege of Paris, 1870

The Siege of Plataea, 429 BC

The Siege of Port Arthur, 1904

The Siege of Rhodes, 1522

The Siege of Saguntum, 219 BC

The Siege of Syracuse, 214 BC

The Siege of Troy

The Siege of Tyre, 327 BC

The Siege of Vicksburg, 1863

The Taking of Cities

The Third Period