CROSS and CRESCENT, Simon Scarrow, UK pb 2013

This paperback is Simon Scarrow's novel 'CROSS and CRESENT' published by Headline Books in the UK in 2013. (Also published under the Sword and Scimitar title).  Book is in good condition, (see picture). 586 pages. Picture is of actual book. 

SYNOPSIS: 1565; In its hour of greatest need, Malta must rely upon the ancient Knights of the Order of St John for survival. Bound by the strongest ties: of valour, of courage and of passion, the Knights must defend their island against ferocious and deadly Ottoman attack. For Sir Thomas Barrett, summoned by the Order and compelled by loyalty - to the Knights, to his honour and to his Queen - returning to the besieged island means revisiting a past he had long since lain to rest. As the beleaguered Knights grapple to retain control, decade-old feuds will be reawakened, intense passions rekindled and deadly secrets revealed.