The Sunday Times bestselling author of the Eagles of the Empire series brings to life one of the bloodiest and most fiercely contested sieges in history - the 1565 Siege of Malta. Simon Scarrow's bestsellers include INVICTUS, BRITANNIA and CENTURION.
The Sunday Times bestselling author of the Eagles of the Empire series brings to life one of the bloodiest and most fiercely contested sieges in history - the 1565 Siege of Malta. Simon Scarrow's bestsellers include INVICTUS, BRITANNIA and CENTURION.
1565, Malta: a vital outpost between the divided nations of Europe and the relentlessly expanding Ottoman Empire. Faced with ferocious attack by a vast Turkish fleet, the knights of the Order of St John fear annihilation. Amongst those called to assist is disgraced veteran Sir Thomas Barrett. Loyalty and instinct compel him to put the Order above all other concerns, yet his allegiance is divided. At Queen Elizabeth's command, he must search for a hidden scroll, guarded by the knights, that threatens her reign.
As Sir Thomas confronts the past that cost him his honour and a secret that has long lain buried, a vast enemy army arrives to lay siege to the island...“Scarrow's [novels] rank with the best”
[T]his lively, absorbing novel will not disappoint - Sunday Times
Simon Scarrow is a former teacher who now devotes himself to writing full time. He lives outside Norwich with his family.
1565, Malta: a vital outpost between the divided nations of Europe and the relentlessly expanding Ottoman Empire. Faced with ferocious attack by a vast Turkish fleet, the knights of the Order of St John fear annihilation. Amongst those called to assist is disgraced veteran Sir Thomas Barrett. Loyalty and instinct compel him to put the Order above all other concerns, yet his allegiance is divided. At Queen Elizabeth's command, he must search for a hidden scroll, guarded by the knights, that threatens her reign. As Sir Thomas confronts the past that cost him his honour and a secret that has long lain buried, a vast enemy army arrives to lay siege to the island...
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