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Foreword | p. xix |
The Die is Cast | |
An Emperor Arrives in Europe | p. 3 |
The Sword of Osman | p. 9 |
Son of Satan | p. 18 |
A Field of Fool's Gold | p. 29 |
Let It Be Done! | p. 39 |
The Sultan of Love and War | p. 43 |
Horsetails and Worms | |
A Diet of Worms | p. 53 |
The Shadow of God Spreads Northward | p. 69 |
Henry's Harangue | p. 76 |
The Blood Sport of Kings and Popes | p. 81 |
Ancestral Aspirations | |
Holy Smoke | p. 91 |
The Nest of Christian Vipers | p. 97 |
In the Truest Sense | p. 106 |
In the Extremity of His Affliction | p. 117 |
The Capture of a King | |
The Great Plan | p. 123 |
The Last Battle in the Age of Chivalry | p. 132 |
My Honor and My Life | p. 141 |
I Am King Once Again! | p. 152 |
More Was Lost at Mohács | |
The Golden-Grilled Window | p. 165 |
The Highway of Holy Struggle | p. 173 |
Squabbling at Spires | p. 178 |
The Game Pack of Jihad | p. 186 |
The Sow and Her Piglet | p. 195 |
The Sack of Rome | |
Alas, Poor Italy | p. 203 |
Setting the Stage | p. 212 |
Pay! Pay! | p. 221 |
Rabble at Porta San Spirito | p. 229 |
The End of the Renaissance | |
Single Combat | p. 243 |
Showdown at Blackfriars | p. 249 |
More Than Table Talk | p. 258 |
His Mouth Rains Pearls | p. 269 |
The Gates of Vienna | |
The Banks of the Rhine River | p. 279 |
Coronation in Fat City | p. 290 |
The Creed of Protest | p. 299 |
Ceremony of Amnesia | p. 308 |
Last Gasp in Europe | |
Two Wives | p. 317 |
Futile Diplomacy | p. 323 |
Stuck at Güns | p. 328 |
The Pomposity of Ibrahim Pasha | p. 340 |
The Natural Enemy | |
Two Iraqs | p. 353 |
Charles and the Barbary Sea Dogs | p. 359 |
Tunis: The Last Crusade | p. 364 |
Baghdad, Abode of Peace | p. 372 |
The Abrupt End of a Great Friendship | p. 378 |
Epilogue | p. 382 |
Acknowledgments | p. 390 |
Selected Bibliography | p. 393 |
Index | p. 398 |
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