Jim Meskimen
1) Defenders of the Faith: Charles V, Suleyman the Magnificent, and the Battle for Europe, 1520-1536
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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 God and 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...