tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3888736451965206055.post9101478801074723691..comments2024-03-17T16:53:40.334+05:30Comments on WINNOWED: Book Review: The Enemy at the Gate by Andrew WheatcroftWinnowedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11073005581801465319noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3888736451965206055.post-60506347938768583802015-04-27T10:33:10.488+05:302015-04-27T10:33:10.488+05:30Jake, thanks. I didn't know that.Jake, thanks. I didn't know that. Winnowedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11073005581801465319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3888736451965206055.post-46729278873066782192015-04-27T00:20:49.932+05:302015-04-27T00:20:49.932+05:30Sounds like a great read. The arrival of Jan Sobie...Sounds like a great read. The arrival of Jan Sobieski and the Poles has parallels with that of Blucher and his Prussians at Waterloo...Jakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3888736451965206055.post-7936098834183514922008-11-25T22:34:00.000+05:302008-11-25T22:34:00.000+05:30Thanks JI. Yes, I have read Dalrymple's From the H...Thanks JI. Yes, I have read Dalrymple's From the Holy Mountain. It's a great book.Winnowedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11073005581801465319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3888736451965206055.post-73477244802723018962008-11-22T23:22:00.000+05:302008-11-22T23:22:00.000+05:30Sounds like an interesting book, but personally I'...Sounds like an interesting book, but personally I'm not too keen on reading books about war. If the Ottomons were victorious in Vienna then possibly Islam would have made major inroads into Europe. Constantinople, today known as Istanbul, was the capital of the Byzantine Empire until it fell to the Ottomans in 1453. It was as the centre of wealth and culture for many years. The Haghia Sophia, which was once a church before it was converted to a mosque, is a reminder of Constantinople's glorious past. It represents the best of Byzantine architecture, although parts of the interior were burnt due a fire in 859. In recent times, the Turkish government has been criticised for not doing enough to maintain the state of the building.<BR/><BR/>For an account of the Byzantine Empire and Eastern Christianity, I recommend William Dalrymple's "From the Holy Mountain". It's a delightfully well written book by an accomplished historian and travel writer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com