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Angels In Iron

By: Arx Publishing

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Historical Reference Books (Arx Publishing)


Product Info

Title
Angels In Iron
Publisher
Category
Author
Nicholas C. Prata
Publish Year
2004
Pages
292
Dimensions
5.5x8.5x1.25"
NKG Part #
2148030010
Type
Softcover

Description

The year is AD 1523 and the island of Rhodes has just fallen to the Turks. Those sailing away in defeat from this captured bastion are members of an anachronistic crusading order called the Knights of St. John, otherwise known as the Hospitallers. Among the dejected company is a stalwart young knight named Jean Parisot De La Valette. Were it up to him, the order would have defended the island to the bitter end. Forty-two years later, history has repeated itself. The Hospitallers are again besieged by the teeming armies of the relentless Turk. Their tiny island-fortress of Malta is all that stands between the armies of Suleiman and the very heart of Christendom. But this time the scenario is different, La Valette wears the Grand Master's cape. Behind him stand the knights of his faithful order: men of incredible valor ready to "strike a blow for Christ" and sacrifice their lives to halt the invading Turks at the gates of Europe. What follows is a desperate struggle between East and West, Cross and Koran, faith and despair.