The violent clash between the Ottoman Empire and the Knights of St John on the island fortress Malta serves as the backdrop to number one bestselling novel Eight Pointed Cross. Young siblings Domenicus and Katrina Montesa live under constant threat of raids by the Ottoman Turks, the staunchest enemies of the Christian www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 3 mins. Eight Pointed Cross (A Novel of the Knights of Malta) by Marthese Fenech (Goodreads Author)/5. The violent clash between the Ottoman Empire and the Knights of St John on the island fortress of Malta serves as the backdrop to Eight-Pointed Cross. Young siblings Domenicus and Katrina Montesa live under constant threat of raids by the Ottoman Turks, the staunchest enemies of the Christian knights.
Over the past few months, Maltese-Canadian bestselling author Marthese Fenech has worked to adapt her novels, Eight Pointed Cross and Falcon's Shadow, set in sixteenth-century Malta, into a television series called Empires of Smoke. In July , she signed with LA-based manager, Sherry Robb, who has since been pitching the script to producers. Eight-Pointed Cross () by Marthese Fenech remains faithful to historical events and tells the story from the perspectives of a Maltese family and an Ottoman family. The narrative culminates with Dragut's raid of Gozo. Work on the sequel, which focuses on the Siege of , is currently underway. Against soaring sea-cliffs and open sea-lanes, the men and women of Eight Pointed Cross face corruption and oppression, broken vows and betrayal, as two great empires collide. Surviving this battle-soaked world of swords and scimitars will test the limits of every character's courage, loyalty, and love.
"With a lyrical narrative that is as rich in historical detail as it is in story and a prose that is poetically pleasing to the ear, Eight Pointed Cross by Marthese Fenech is the tautly gripping account of the clash of two great empires. Eight Pointed Cross is astoundingly ambitious, but it is in all ways an absolute triumph. Fenech has penned not only a dazzling account of the Knights Hospitaller and what life was like in Malta during this time but also what it was like to grow up in Istanbul. The violent clash between the Ottoman Empire and the Knights of St John on the island fortress Malta serves as the backdrop to number one bestselling novel Eight Pointed Cross. Young siblings Domenicus and Katrina Montesa live under constant threat of raids by the Ottoman Turks, the staunchest enemies of the Christian knights. The violent clash between the Ottoman Empire and the Knights of St John on the island fortress of Malta serves as the backdrop to Eight-Pointed Cross. Young siblings Domenicus and Katrina Montesa live under constant threat of raids by the Ottoman Turks, the staunchest enemies of the Christian knights.
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