The enemy at the gate : Hapsburgs, Ottoman and the battle for Europe / Andrew Wheatcroft.

Author: Wheatcroft, Andrew.

Imprint:New York : Basic Books, c2009, c2008.

Descriptionxxv, 339 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, plans ; 24 cm.

Note:Originally published: London: Bodley Head, 2008.

Note: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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-326) and index.

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