This magnificent historical novel about the Siege of Vienna won the 1983 Young Observer/Rank Organization Fiction Prize.
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Vendeur : J. W. Mah, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 1st. (UK) 1st publication. No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Boards, map end papers, 271pp. This is a historical novel centered on the Ottoman seige of Vienna as told through the eyes of two young men, a janissary and a Polish defender. (1.8 JM HOQ 102/a4 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". N° de réf. du vendeur 04155
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Vendeur : PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. First edition hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Jacket edges are creased and nicked. Ink line through price on front inner flap. Board edges, corners and spine ends are slightly bumped. Boards are clean, binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Used. N° de réf. du vendeur 613269
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Vendeur : Caffrey Books, Oundle, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good/Very Good. N° de réf. du vendeur 016802
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Vendeur : The Print Room, Cockernhoe nr Luton, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. Jacket after Franz Geffels, maps by Barry Rowe, illustrations by Richard Jervis (illustrateur). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners very slightly bruised, very slight lean, not price clipped (£6.95), no inscriptions, internally clean and tight, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 271pp, map endpapers, illustrated. A historical novel about the Siege of Vienna. This book won the 1983 Young Observer / Rank Organization Fiction Prize. Peter Carter (1929-99), was a British writer of children's books, primarily historical novels. N° de réf. du vendeur 010147
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Vendeur : WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, Royaume-Uni
hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. N° de réf. du vendeur rev8299179151
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Vendeur : Don's Book Store, Albuquerque, NM, Etats-Unis
Hard Back. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. Ambrus, Victor G. (illustrateur). 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. N° de réf. du vendeur 20649
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