La espada y la cimitarra

Resumen del libro

Existe un punto clave entre las naciones divididas de Europa y la expansión incesante del Imperio otomano: Malta. Como decisivos batalla ruge, un soldado veterano lucha por la existencia de los Caballeros de la Orden de San Juan y el mundo cristiano"


Frente a un ataque enemigo feroz, los caballeros de la Orden deben aguantar con todas sus fuerzas para escapar de la total aniquilación. Entre aquellos que regresan a Malta para ayudar estará sir Thomas Barret, exiliado décadas antes por una desgracia. La lealtad y el instinto lo obligan a poner la supervivencia de sus hombres y de la Orden sobre cualquier otra preocupación. Sin embargo, su lealtad está dividida. Bajo las órdenes de la reina Elizabeth, debe recuperar un pergamino oculto, escondido en la isla, que amenaza su reinado.


A la vez que sir Thomas se enfrenta al pasado que le costó el honor y a un secreto que siempre ha permanecido enterrado, las hordas otomanas ponen cerco a los defensores. Superados ampliamente en número y sin ninguna señal de la ayuda prometida por reyes distantes, los caballeros y sus aliados malteses saben que el futuro de la fe de la Orden y del mundo occidental penden de un hilo"

Biografía del autor

Simon Scarrow is a UK-based author, born in Nigeria and now based in Norfolk. He completed a master's degree at the University of East Anglia 1 after working at the Inland Revenue, and then went into teaching as a lecturer, firstly at East Norfolk Sixth Form College, then at City College Norwich.<br><br>He is best known for his Eagle Series of Roman Military fiction set in the territories of the Roman Empire, covering the second invasion of Britain and the subsequent prolonged campaign undertaken by the rump of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. To date there are eleven books in the series, with the 11th released in November 2011, Praetorian. The twelfth book has recently been announced and is due to be released in October 2013, The Blood Crows 2 .<br><br>He has also written another series, Revolution, focusing on Wellington and Napoleon, whose first title, Young Bloods, was published in 2006. The second volume, The Generals, was released on the 31 May 2007 and the third volume Fire and Sword was released in January 2009. The fourth and final novel of the series was released in Jun 2010 and is called The Fields of Death. He has now started writing a new series titled Gladiator: The fight for freedom.<br><br>