Items related to Jihad: Eugene of Savoy and the Siege of Vienna
Before there was Osama bin Laden, there was Kara Mustafa. When he became Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, Kara Mustafa could at last pursue his greatest ambition -- the establishment of a global caliphate of Islam. Like bin Laden after him, he declared holy war on the West, and his first goal was the destruction of Vienna in 1683.
In Paris, a young nobleman was forced to flee France to escape charges of treason by Louis XIV. Eugene“s dream of becoming a great general like his father was shattered. Homeless and destitute, he rode east to join the armies of Leopold Habsburg preparing to fight the invasion from Istanbul.
Based on the life of Prince Eugene of Savoy, "Jihad" is the story of a turning point in world history. It is also the story of a young man's determination to redeem his family's honor in the fight to save a continent.
In Paris, a young nobleman was forced to flee France to escape charges of treason by Louis XIV. Eugene“s dream of becoming a great general like his father was shattered. Homeless and destitute, he rode east to join the armies of Leopold Habsburg preparing to fight the invasion from Istanbul.
Based on the life of Prince Eugene of Savoy, "Jihad" is the story of a turning point in world history. It is also the story of a young man's determination to redeem his family's honor in the fight to save a continent.
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From the Publisher:
Lewis has created a novel of passion and intrigue, of duty and honor that portrays the human passions that make history real. Based on the true events of the Ottoman siege of Vienna and the life of Eugene of Savoy, this is a story that gives the background of Islam's often stormy and violent relations with the West.
From the Author:
"Jihad" has a special importance readers looking for the deeper history behind today's conflict. And it tells an exciting tale of one of the great battles in Western history.
Wars are made by people with their own passions and ambitions, their own hopes and fears. This story explores those passions in the flesh. And the events are too similar to the world today for us to ignore. As Winston Churchill said, "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it."
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- PublisherXlibris Corp
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 1599260336
- ISBN 13 9781599260334
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages146
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