Defenders of the Faith Charles V, Suleyman the Magnificent, and the Battle for Europe, 1520-1536

Name: Defenders of the Faith Charles V, Suleyman the Magnificent, and the Battle for Europe, 1520-1536
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ISBN: 9781594202254

ISBN-10: 1594202257

ISBN-13: 9781594202254

Edition: 2009

Authors: James Reston, Jr Reston

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A bestselling historian recounts sixteen years that shook the world— the epic clash between Europe and the Ottoman Turks that ended the Renaissance and brought Islam to the gates of Vienna In the bestselling Warriors of Godand Dogs of God, James Reston, Jr., limned two epochal conflicts between Islam and Christendom. Here he examines the ultimate battle in that centuries-long war, which found Europe at its most vulnerable and Islam on the attack. This drama was propelled by two astonishing young sovereigns: Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Turkish sultan Suleyman the Magnificent. Though they represented two colliding worlds, they were remarkably similar. Each was a poet and cultured…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 12/31/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 432
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.562
Language: English

James Reston, Jr., is the author of eleven previous books, including "The Last Apocalypse" & "Galileo: A Life". He has written articles for "The New Yorker", "Esquire", "Vanity Fair", "Time", "Rolling Stone", & many other publications, & the scripts for three "Frontline" documentaries. He lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland.



Foreword



The Die is Cast



An Emperor Arrives in Europe



The Sword of Osman



Son of Satan



A Field of Fool's Gold



Let it Be Done!



The Sultan of Love and War



Horsetails and Worms



A Diet of Worms



The Shadow of God Spreads Northward



Henry's Harangue



The Blood Sport of Kings and Popes



Ancestral Aspirations



Holy Smoke



The Nest of Christian Vipers



In the Truest Sense



In the Extremity of His Affliction



The Capture of a King



The Great Plan



The Last Battle in the Age of Chivalry



My Honor and My Life



I Am King Once Again!



More Was Lost at Mohacs



The Golden-Grilled Window



The Highway of Holy Struggle



Squabbling at Spires



The Game Pack of Jihad



The Sow and Her Piglet



The Sack of Rome



Alas, Poor Italy



Setting the Stage



Pay! Pay!



Rabble at Porta San Spirito



The End of the Renaissance



Single Combat



Showdown at Blackfriars



More Than Table Talk



His Mouth Rains Pearls



The Gates of Vienna



The Banks of the Rhine River



Coronation in Fat City



The Creed of Protest



Ceremony of Amnesia



Last Gasp in Europe



Two Wives



Futile Diplomacy



Stuck at Guns



The Pomposity of Ibrahim Pasha



The Natural Enemy



Two Iraqs



Charles and the Barbary Sea Dogs



Tunis: The Last Crusade



Baghdad, Abode of Peace



The Abrupt End of a Great Friendship


Epilogue


Acknowledgments


Selected Bibliography


Index