Edoardo Albert

The Man Who Stopped the Sultan (MP3-Download)

Gabriele Tadino and the Defence of Europe Ungekürzte Lesung. 600 Min.

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Produktbeschreibung

An extraordinary account of how one man defied the most powerful ruler of his age and in doing so changed the course of European history. Throughout the 16th century, wars raged across Europe as kings and republics jostled for wealth and power. Yet one man exceeded all these medieval princes of Christendom: Suleiman the Magnificent. As ruler of the Ottoman Empire, he governed 25 million people from Constantinople, his realm stretching from Persia to the Atlantic Ocean. Turning his gaze to Europe, Suleiman attacked Rhodes, the island fortress of the Knights Hospitaller but was opposed by Gabriele Tadino – an Italian who had risen through the ranks thanks to his genius as a military engineer. This is a fascinating history of crusading knights and gunpowder, of spies and tunnels, and of a crossroads in history when the medieval age gave way to the Renaissance. Delving deep into Italian source material, Edoardo Albert weaves together the story of an ordinary man alive in an extraordinary time and performing extraordinary feats of military genius. Through the lens of his life we discover how military tactics and fortifications rapidly changed thanks to the discovery of gunpowder, and how Europe, divided by power-hungry rulers and religion, almost fell to one of the greatest rulers the world has ever seen, but was prevented by a humble engineer.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Osprey Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472869982
• Artikelnr.: 75520121

Autorenporträt

Edoardo Albert is the author of London: A Spiritual History, an acclaimed account of the capital’s past which combines its religious heritage with his family story, published by Lion Hudson. He has worked with the archaeologists who are redefining our knowledge of the Anglo-Saxon era, bringing these findings to a wider public in Northumbria: the Lost Kingdom and In Search of Alfred the Great, published by Amberley and the History Press.Edoardo worked as a journalist writing for Time Out, editing guides to cities ranging from Barcelona to Beijing. He has written features for the Sunday Times, History Today and Country Walking, among many others. Edoardo is an accomplished public speaker, giving talks on the deep past of Britain at literary conferences and other events. Edoardo has a BSc in psychology from UCL and an MA in the psychology of religion from the University of London.

Inhaltsangabe

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Prologue: War Underground
Chapter 1: Taking a Cannon to a Sword Fight: how Charles VIII ended the
Middle Ages
Chapter 2: Learning the New Ways of War
Chapter 3: The Italian Wars; or Why Everyone was Fighting Everyone Else
Chapter 4: The Most Complicated War in History
Chapter 5: A Not-So-Romantic Interlude
Chapter 6: A Military Engineer Abroad
Chapter 7: The Last Knight of Christendom
Chapter 8: Fire and Stone
Chapter 9: The Sultan's Surprise
Chapter 10: The Emperor's New Man
Chapter 11: Long Nose versus Long Jaw
Chapter 12: All is Lost.
Chapter 13: A Forgotten Siege
Chapter 14: Two Emperors is One Too Many
Chapter 15: When an Old Soldier Leaves the Field
Chapter 16: Gabriele Tadino and the Defence of Europe
Index