Excerpt from On the Field of Glory an Historical Novel, of the Time of King John Sobieski Had the Polish king not appeared the Sultan would have triumphed, hence Sobieski and his men are hailed ever since as the saviours of Vienna. The enthusiasm of the time for Sobieski and his force was tremendous. There was a man sent from God whose name was John, this was the Gospel read at the Thanksgiving Mass in Saint Stephen's, the cathedral, the noble Old church of that rescued and jubilant city. Some Poles went to Rome after that to get relics; the Pope gave this answer: Take earth steeped in blood from the field where your countrymen fell at Vienna. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.