The Sword and the Scimitar

By David Ball

Categories: History, Literature & Fiction

The Sword and the Scimitar is David Ball's historical novel about the Great Siege of Malta in 1565, published in the United States as Ironfire. It follows a Maltese brother and sister whose lives are torn apart by corsair raids and drawn into the struggle between the Knights of St. John and the Ottoman Empire. Ball depicts the siege, the fighting at sea and the life of the period in a sweeping, action-filled story.

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• Tom Hanks: “Book! THE SWORD AND THE SCIMITAR by David Ball. 2 Malta as Shogun was 2 Japan. Page turner, loaded with history.”