Before there was Osama bin Laden, there was Kara Mustafa.
In the last great holy war against the West, Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa of the Ottoman Empire invaded Europe and came within a day of destroying Vienna, Austria in 1683. His goal was the conquest of Europe.
A new historical novel about the clash of civilizations by Blake Lewis, "Jihad: The Siege of Vienna", tells the story of that earlier holy war from the view of a young outcast from France, Eugene of Savoy. At the age of twenty, Prince Eugene became a hero in the fight to save Vienna--and Europe--from destruction by the Ottoman vizier.
Based on the true events that led to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, "Jihad: The Siege of Vienna" describes the human passions and global schemes that led to a turning point in world history.
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Blake Lewis is a writer and publisher on international and transatlantic affairs. He was the founding publisher of Budapest Week in Hungary, and has lived in Budapest and Jerusalem. He currently resides in New York City.
Contact: Blake Steinberg, Sortie Press; New York City. Tel: 212 496-6977.
