Download or read book Roads to Ruin: The War for Morocco in the Sixteenth Century written by Comer Plummer III and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a recount of the long contest for Morocco that ended on August 4, 1578, with Portugal's spectacular defeat at the Battle of Ksar el-Kébir, also called the Battle of the Three Kings for the three monarchs who perished on the field of battle. This singular event heralded the end of Portugal's golden age and the emergence of the modern Moroccan state.