The Bulwark of Christendom: the Turkish Sieges of Vienna 1529 & 1683-The Sieges of Vienna by the Turks by Karl August Schimmer & The Great Siege o

by Henry Malden, John Sobieski, Karl August Schimmer, et al.

Book Overview

The struggles for the city that saved Europe from the Ottoman Turkish Empire

The battle between the Islamic east and the Christian west raged for centuries. Its principal battleground was eastern Europe and upon the waters of the Mediterranean Sea. Western Europe was distanced from the fray, perhaps to the extent that its people rarely understood the sentiments of those who lived and fought on the perennial front line of a conflict...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782825444
• ISBN13: 9781782825449
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Leonaur Ltd
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"