Read Clash of Empires: The Great Siege by William Napier Online

He lives in Dorset and travels widely. William Napier was born in 1965 and educated in Cheltenham, Oxford and London.

"He nailed it" according to Deborah J. O'donnell. A boy's own adventure - thrilling. Characters are more or less minor, as the author, currently focusses on the true dramatis personae, the siege.. Where the hero (and a few other things) spoils the story First posted on Amazon.co.uk on 13 December 2011I received this book (hardcover version) very shortly after it was published, read it, mostly enjoyed it, but then failed to write a review, mainly because I had been rather disapointed. I decided to do so largely because I simply cannot agree with the statement made by some reviewers that Napier is "back to his best". The best was the first in his Attila's series, which, as many others, I have also read. It very much remains so. T. Unrealistic, but decent Lord Clare The tale of the Siege of Malta has been told time and again, some good and some bad. Napier's take on it is interesting, adventurous, but oh so unrealistic. His characters are invulnerable, performing suicidal acts time and again, yet each time they emerge intact, a bit battered and bruise, but intact. Overall the story is a rather good one, with faced paced action, drama enough to rival a Shakespearean play. Not bad, but I'd still recommend Tim Willock's The Religion as the pre

Driven from their lands by Ottoman might, they came to rest in Malta from where they watched the Turks and corsairs raid the Spanish empire. A brutal combat. As word came from Constantinople that Malta was in the sights of the Ottoman Empire, all of Europe watched as a force of over 30,000 men besieged the island - itself only peopled by only 500 knights and a few thousand local soldiers.On that small rock an epic struggle will be played out - the story of individual men, warriors and slaves, but also the story of two w

William Napier tells the bloody and moving story of how its young hero witnesses the collision of two worlds with read style and panacheTHE SUNDAY TIMES