Download or read book The Boy Who Wanted Wings written by James Conroyd Martin and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-02 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the Ottoman Empire stands poised to overrun all of Europe at Vienna in 1683, young Aleksy, a Tatar peasant and expert archer, nurtures dreams of becoming a hussar, one of the elite Polish winged horsemen, and of pursuing the beautiful Countess Krystyna, both impossible quests. One day he must choose which dream to pursue.