Set in the fifteenth century, this novel follows a Christian boy raised among the Ottoman Janizaries, the sultan’s elite soldiers, and the pull of his true people. Its story runs through the wars of the Albanian hero Scanderbeg and the intrigues of the last Byzantine court to the great siege and fall of Constantinople in 1453.
A popular 1886 historical novel for readers who like vast battles and clashing faiths. Download the free EPUB.