The Warrior Pharaoh - Rameses II and the Battle of Quadesh - Softcover

Healy, Mark

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9781841760391: The Warrior Pharaoh - Rameses II and the Battle of Quadesh

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ISBN 10: 1841760390 ISBN 13: 9781841760391

Publisher: Osprey Publishing, 2000

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Perhaps history's first great battle, Qadesh pitted two great warriors of the age against each other, Muwatallish of Hatti and the great warrior-Pharaoh Rameses II. With the fortunes of war swinging first one way then the other, the dramatic events of this key engagement make for a truly absorbing read.

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About the Author:

Mark Healy was born in 1953. He has a Master's degree in Political Theology from Bristol University. He is by profession a schoolteacher and is head of the Humanities faculty in a large school in Somerset. He has written a number of Osprey titles including Elite 40 New Kingdom Egypt and Campaign 16 Kursk 1943. He has a great interest in both the ancient and modern periods, is married with one son and lives in Dorset.

Synopsis:

An account of the earliest battle in history whose course can be reconstructed in detail. The book describes the clash between Pharaoh Ramases II and the Hittite King Muwatallish, and uses photographs of inscriptions, pictorial reliefs on temple walls and battle field photographs.

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