The enemy at the gate : Habsburgs, Ottomans and the battle for Europe
Title:
The enemy at the gate : Habsburgs, Ottomans and the battle for Europe
Author:
Wheatcroft, Andrew.
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Publication Information:
New York : Basic Books, [2008]
©2008
Physical Description:
xxv, 339 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, plans ; 24 cm
General Note:
Originally published: London : Bodley Head, 2008.
Language:
English
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.
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Electronic Access:
Contributor biographical informationPublisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0917/2008938931-b.html
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0917/2008938931-d.html
ISBN:
9780465013746
Format :
Book
