The Knights of Malta

Assan Turgud had spent more than 30 years at sea, and Malta was familiar ground for him. The Grandmaster of the Order made his own arrangements as winter died down and spring arrived. Letters went out all over Europe, calling the Knights to Malta for the coming battle. Among the soldiers who made the short voyage from Sicily to Malta was an aged Italian man of letters,. Francisco Balbidicoregio had seen a lot during his 60 years of life but nothing he had seen would match the siege of Malta.