Author: CHAMBERS, JAMES
Title: The devil's horsemen. The Mongol invasion of Europe
Description: Book Club Associates, 1979; 8vo (22.5cm), 4 maps, black-white illustrations, bibliography, glossary, index, hardcover w. dustjacket. V. good copy. Rare in NL. ¶ 'On Christmas day 121 the armies of Batu Khan, founder of the Golden Horde, crossed the Danube while the disunited kingdoms of the West lay at their mercy. The Mongol invasion of Europe was entering its final phase, and it seemed as if all of Christendom was about to be destroyed by the soldiers from Hell.'

Keywords: middle-ages