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Ottoman by Alan Savage
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Read from January 02 to 14, 2010
Mail-clad soldiers stood on the outer wall of the city, by the Gate of St Romanus, and looked down on the cavalcade winding its way towards them.
A cracking read from start to finish - breathtaking adventure as the history of the Mediterranean under expansionist Ottoman Turks unfolds. Fully recommended for HF fans. Now to look up some further details on Cervantes and the battle of Lepanto.
Battle_of_Lepanto_1571. Artist: Yogesh Brahmbhatt
Cervantes and the battle (from wiki) - "Though taken down with fever, Cervantes refused to stay below, and begged to be allowed to take part in the battle, saying that he would rather die for his God and his king than keep under cover. He fought bravely on board a vessel, and received three gunshot wounds – two in the chest, and one which rendered his left arm useless. In Journey to Parnassus he was to say that he "had lost the movement of the left hand for the glory of the right" (he was thinking of the success of the first part of Don Quixote). Cervantes always looked back on his conduct in the battle with pride: he believed that he had taken part in an event that would shape the course of European history."
A cracking read from start to finish - breathtaking adventure as the history of the Mediterranean under expansionist Ottoman Turks unfolds. Fully recommended for HF fans. Now to look up some further details on Cervantes and the battle of Lepanto.
Battle_of_Lepanto_1571. Artist: Yogesh Brahmbhatt
Cervantes and the battle (from wiki) - "Though taken down with fever, Cervantes refused to stay below, and begged to be allowed to take part in the battle, saying that he would rather die for his God and his king than keep under cover. He fought bravely on board a vessel, and received three gunshot wounds – two in the chest, and one which rendered his left arm useless. In Journey to Parnassus he was to say that he "had lost the movement of the left hand for the glory of the right" (he was thinking of the success of the first part of Don Quixote). Cervantes always looked back on his conduct in the battle with pride: he believed that he had taken part in an event that would shape the course of European history."
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