![]() ![]() And on Malta, those of the Jewish faith who refused to convert to Catholicism “were put to the torch, or forced to don slavery’s chains.” Although there’s no way I can do justice to this fine novel in a short review, I can certainly recommend it highly to all history lovers. I found it very interesting that the burning of supposed heretics at the stake was a common practice in the Western world during this time period, while in the Ottoman Empire, Christians and Jews were allowed to retain their religious laws and practices. His short story, The Scroll, was published in. The characters in this novel are all extremely well drawn, and it’s filled to overflowing with well-researched history. David Wadsworth Ball is an American author whose novels include Empires of Sand, China Run and Ironfire. ![]() Ironically, one of those warriors will be Nico, now known as Asha, who eventually becomes an officer in the Sultan’s fleet. From that point on, both characters’ lives are followed simultaneously across the years as the storyline builds to its grand finale, the massive siege of Malta by some forty thousand of the Sultan’s finest warriors. As the story opens, two Maltese children, Maria and her brother Nico, are playing on the isle when corsairs kidnap Nico and sell him into slavery in the Ottoman Empire. John, and in the Ottoman Empire of Suleiman the Magnificent, this novel is a page turner from beginning to end. Set during the 16th century on both the isle of Malta, home of the ancient order of the Knights of St. ![]()
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