[Download pdf] The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans, and the Battle for Europe
·•●- Andrew Wheatcroft ·•●-
| #34856 in Books | Basic Books AZ | 2010-11-09 | 2010-11-09 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.12 x1.00 x6.12l,1.00 | File Name: 046502081X | 384 pages | Basic Books AZ
||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Four Stars|By JCB|A nice history, though it was a little slow at the beginning.|0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Great book|By koppenhagen|Like the book very much. Gives a great overview of the Siege of Vienna. Very well written so it's easy to understand and follow along. If this piece of history interest yo|From School Library Journal|Wheatcroft (director, Centre for Publishing Studies, Univ. of Stirling, Scotland; Infidels) offers a richly detailed account of the 1683 Ottoman siege of Vienna and subsequent battle with the Hapsburg central European forces.
In 1683, an Ottoman army that stretched from horizon to horizon set out to seize the Golden Apple,” as Turks referred to Vienna. The ensuing siege pitted battle-hardened Janissaries wielding seventeenth-century grenades against Habsburg armies, widely feared for their savagery. The walls of Vienna bristled with guns as the besieging Ottoman host launched bombs, fired cannons, and showered the populace with arrows during the battle for Christianity's bulwark... [PDF.tx42] The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans, and the Battle for Europe Rating: 4.75 (710 Votes)
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