Children of the Book - Hardcover

Children of the Book

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Book Description Hard Back. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Ambrus, Victor G. (illustrator). Assumed First Edition. 271 Pages. Beautiful red boards with gold spine lettering. Dust jacket has a price label on the front flap. Front endpaper map of The Siege of Vienna Eastern Europe in 1683. Back endpaper map is Vienna and the Siege Works. The drums of the janissaries were sounding all along the border, in Romania, Hungary, Transylvania, Albania, in every fort on that ill-defined frontier where Christ and Mohammad met. In the spring of 1683 Kara Mustafa - Kara the Black - Grand Vizier of the Empire of the Ottoman Turks launches a treacherous attack upon Austria and besieges Vienna, Austria's capital and the gateway to Christian Europe. Marching with the Grand Vizier's army is young Timur Ven, a raw recruit in the Janissaries, the dreaded Turkish infantry. As Vienna is slowly strangled to death, Europe stirs itself and marches to its aid. Foremost is King John Sobieski of Poland, and with his army rides Stefan Zabruski, the son of a Polish Knight. Inside Vienna, Anna Vogel, a baker's daughter, grows from girlhood to womanhood as the Turkish troops batter down the defences of the city. Day by day, week by week, and month by month, the crescent moon of Islam confronts the Red Cross of Christianity until the day comes when, at the feet of the Vienna woods, Timur meets Stefan Zabruski face to face. A magnificent historical novel from Peter Carter. Contents in Three Parts: The Threat, The Attack, and The Siege. There are 27 Chapters: Istanbul, Osijek, Vienna, Poland, Edirne, Osijek, Vienna, Poland, Osijek, Vienna, Gyor, Petronell, Vienna, Cracow, The Counterscarp, The Glacis, The Palisades, The Covered-way, The King, The Golden Eagle, The Moat, The Ravelin, The Magic Hill, The Bear Cage, The Plain of Tulln, The Curtain Wall, and September 12, 1683. Seller Inventory # 20649

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