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.
Название: The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans, and the Battle for Europe
Автор: Andrew Wheatcroft
Издательство: Basic Books
Год издания: 2009
ISBN: 0465013740
Язык: english
Страниц: 512 pages
Формат: pdf в rar
Размер: 13.5 МБ
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