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| Headline 25 April 2013 |
It is 1565, and Sir Thomas
Barrett is haunted by the memories which have forced him into exile, and so with nothing to
lose he takes up arms in defence of Malta. Although he is a disgraced Knight of
St. John, Barrett is sworn to defend the Christian faith against the might of
the vast Ottoman army. What then follows is the story of the Great Siege of Malta
and the ensuing battles of both on land and at sea are recounted in great
detail. Barrett must seek to restore his own good name, whilst at the same time
he must also discover the hidden secrets which seek to threaten the very throne
of Elizabeth I.
Overall, the story is a historically
accurate version of this troubled period in history. The battles are well explained
and often quite brutally depicted, but if I'm honest I found the book to be
quite lacklustre and only really persevered with it because I was given the
book to review. It’s not that the writing is bad, it’s more that the characters
lack any real depth and so I had no emotional involvement in the story, nor did
I really care about what happened. The book is also over long and could have
been cut back to a more reasonable length which may have gone some way to
making the story rather less one dimensional.
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