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The enemy at the gate : Habsburgs, Ottomans and the battle for Europe / Andrew Wheatcroft

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Basic Books, 2009Description: xxv, 339 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, maps, plans ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781844137411
Other title:
  • Habsburgs, Ottomans and the battle for Europe
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • CB251 .W44 2009
Contents:
Terror in the East -- A call to arms -- Turks and Tartars -- A plague on the land -- Taking the road to war -- The adversaries -- 'Rise up, rise up ye Christians' -- The pit of hell -- 'A flood of black pitch' -- A holy war? -- Storming Buda -- The age of heroes -- Myth displacing history
Summary: The Great Siege of Vienna is the centerpiece for historian Andrew Wheatcroft's richly drawn portrait of the centuries -long rivalry between the Ottoman and Habsburg empires for control of the European continent. A gripping work by a master historian, The Enemy at the Gate offers a timely examination of an epic clash of civilizations
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Bishop Okullu Memorial Library (Limuru Campus) General Circulation Non-fiction CB251 .W44 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 063770
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Originally published: London : Bodley Head, 2008

Includes bibliographical references and index

Terror in the East -- A call to arms -- Turks and Tartars -- A plague on the land -- Taking the road to war -- The adversaries -- 'Rise up, rise up ye Christians' -- The pit of hell -- 'A flood of black pitch' -- A holy war? -- Storming Buda -- The age of heroes -- Myth displacing history

The Great Siege of Vienna is the centerpiece for historian Andrew Wheatcroft's richly drawn portrait of the centuries -long rivalry between the Ottoman and Habsburg empires for control of the European continent. A gripping work by a master historian, The Enemy at the Gate offers a timely examination of an epic clash of civilizations

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