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Publication Date
2003-12-30
Pages
688
ISBN
9780385336017

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0385336012
ISBN-13
9780385336017
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2373931

Product Key Features

Book Title
Ironfire : a Novel of the Knights of Malta and the Last Battle of the Crusades
Number of Pages
688 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2003
Topic
War & Military, General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Fiction
Author
David Ball
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.5 in
Item Weight
37.1 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.4 in

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LCCN
2003-055433
Reviews
"Ball proves himself a master storyteller, his richly detailed literary canvas bringing to life an age of religious fanaticism and conflict." --The Cleveland Plain Dealer "David Ball has built an action-packed, often erotic and always sensual epic-adventure around a handful of well-developed characters swept up in the maelstrom of 16th-century holy wars between two different worlds…. IRONFIRE resonates with masterful and real details exceeding imagination." --Denver Post "[Ball's] descriptions convincingly evoke the savagery of this 16th-century religious war." --Publishers Weekly "Entertaining, swashbuckling, at times sexy, packed with raw emotion, and just plain fun." --Boulder Daily Camera
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Synopsis
From the acclaimed author ofEmpires of Sandcomes a mesmerizing new adventure that Jean Auel cites as "crowded with events that both forecast and mirror the conflicts of today." Sweeping from the drawing rooms of Paris to the palace of Suleiman the Magnificent to the dark hold of a slave ship racing across the sea, here is a dazzling story of love and valor, innocence and identity, an epic novel of the clash of civilizations on a barren island where the future was forged. The Mediterranean, the sixteenth century: Lying squarely in the midst of the vital sea lanes between the Christian West and the Ottoman Empire in the East, and ruled by the ancient Order of the Knights of St. John, Malta will become the stage upon which the fate of the world turns. For one of its sons, the hand of violence strikes swiftly, when young Nicolo Borg is seized by Barbary slavers and launched on a remarkable journey to the court of the supreme ruler of the Muslim world. Renamed Asha, plotting his escape even as he swears allegiance to the god of his masters and is schooled in the arts of culture and war, the innocent boy will be transformed into one of the Sultan's deadliest commanders. For Nico's beloved sister, Maria, his loss fires her hatred for the knights who did nothing to save him and her dreams of escape from her stifling home. As the headstrong girl grows into a fierce beauty, she will capture the attention of one man in particular, Christien de Vries, a surgeon-knight torn between duty and desire, caught up in Malta's frantic preparations against the coming Ottoman storm. Around Nico and Maria are men and women who will share their destinies: Dragut Raïs, a brilliant corsair, arch-rival of the knights…Giulio Salvago, a priest in full flight from his carnal nature…Alisa, a young beauty hidden away in a harem…Jean de La Valette, the master knight who is Malta's only hope for survival. As the mighty Ottoman fleet bears down on the tiny island, as Nico Borg makes his way back to his homeland at the helm of a warship, Ironfire moves inexorably to a shattering climax where all will face ultimate justice in the murderous cauldron of siege warfare. Brilliantly capturing the crosscurrents of a storied age, Ironfire is historical fiction in the grand tradition, a stirring realization of a pivotal moment in time that irrevocably shaped the world we inhabit today., In the Mediterranean, 16th-century, a mighty struggle looms between the Christian kingdoms, roiled by religious strife and political intrigue, and the surging Ottoman Empire. All that stands in the sultan's way is a tiny island and its small band of defenders--the Knights of Malta.
LC Classification Number
PS3552.A45448I76

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