A knight of the white cross
Subtitle: a tale of the siege of Rhodes
By: by G.A. Henty ; illustrated by Ralph Peacock
Contributors: Peacock, Ralph
Publisher: Preston/Speed Publications
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Mill Hall, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9781887159241; 9781887159258
Subjects: Juvenile fiction; History
Description: Young Gervaise Tresham leaves England and the turmoil of the Wars of the Roses to become a Knight of St. John. Starting as a page of the Grand Master, Gervaise quickly attains knighthood and defends Europe and Christendom against the anarchy of piracy in the Mediterranean and the expansion of the Turkish empire. Sir Tresham is there to defend the fortress at Rhodes during the first siege of that city by Soleiman.
Notes: Originally published: London : Blackie & Son, 1895.