Название: The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans, and the Battle for Europe
Автор: Andrew Wheatcroft
Издательство: Basic Books
ISBN: 0465013740
Год: 2009
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 384
Размер: 5,0 МБ
Язык: Английский
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.