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Sword and Scimitar

Sword and Scimitar

Author(s): Simon Scarrow

Location(s): Malta

Genre(s): Fiction, Historical

Era(s): Mid 16th Century

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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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1565 – this is the story goes about the invasion of Malta by the Ottoman Turks. Knights of St John feature, the divides between Christianity and Religion, and all in all this is a...

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