Crowley definitely stresses Philip II of Spain’s epithet: the Prudent, in relation to the great siege. Led by Grandmaster Jean de Valette of the Knights Hospitaller, the very citizens themselves put forth the most effort, according to Crowley, in defense of their home and hearth.
Somewhere around 7,000 Christians made a heroic stand against upwards of three times their number in the great fortress-island of Malta.
The Great Siege of Malta, as reviewers all over the place say, is a point in time that begs to be adapted by any entertainment medium. Their greatest victories, their most ignominious defeats, and everything in between are brought up at one point or another. Crowley details the fascinating rivalry between Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and Suleiman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire. The centuries-long conflict between East and West, Muslim and Christian, comes to a head in the Sixteenth century Mediterranean Sea.
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