About the author
Ma Qian is an author of world history and military subjects. Public information about him is limited, and the library currently holds four of his works. His writing centers on war and military institutions, with representative works including The Ordeal of War, Byzantine Art of War, A Complete History of the Knights Hospitaller, and War Chronicles 028, covering Byzantine military affairs, the history of the knightly orders, and topics in the history of warfare. Judging from these works, he pays attention to specific battles, military organization, and institutional change, combining the broader course of world history with military detail and offering relatively systematic history reading for enthusiasts. His works are commonly classified under world history, military affairs, and history reading, allowing readers to learn about the forms of warfare and historical background of the relevant periods.
Written (4)
Rating 4.2★ The Byzantine Art of War 迈克尔·德克 / 马千 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2023 From 330 AD, when Constantine I moved the capital of the Roman Empire to the new city named after him, Constantinople, to the final fall of Constantin… Rating 4.5★ The Trials of War 托马斯·阿斯布里奇 / 马千 民主与建设出版社 · 2022 In the 11th century, at the Pope's call, a vast Christian army burst into the Islamic world of the eastern Mediterranean, seizing Jerusalem, a holy ci… Rating 4.0★ A Complete History of the Knights Hospitaller 马千 Taihai Publishing House · 2020 The Knights Hospitaller (also known as the Knights of St. John or the Knights of Malta) began as a Catholic religious order centered on the Hospital o… Rating 3.7★ Warfare Chronicles 028 Zhiwen Fenghuo Studio / 原廓 / 刘萌 / 马千 / 佑陵 / Li Hao / 星野恒 Taihai Publishing House · 2017 After the Opium War, Western powers used unequal treaties to gradually seize navigation rights over the entire Yangtze River and trade privileges alon…Publishers
Shanghai Translation Publishing HouseTaihai Publishing House民主与建设出版社