The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans and the Battle for Europe

TitleThe Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans and the Battle for Europe
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication2009
AuthorsWheatcroft, Andrew
Number of Pages355
PublisherBasic Books
CityNew York
Abstract

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. Each side was sustained by the hatred of its age-old enemy, certain that victory would be won by the grace of God. The Great Siege of Vienna is the centerpiece for this portrait of the centuries-long rivalry between the Ottoman and Habsburg empires for control of the European continent. 

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