the Moslems. The Hospitallers bore a leading share in the struggle
which terminated in the triumph of the Moslems, and the capture
by them of Jerusalem. The Knights of St. John then established
themselves at Acre, but after a valiant defence of that fortress,
removed to Crete, and shortly afterwards to Rhodes. There they
fortified the town, and withstood two terrible sieges by the Turks.
At the end of the second they obtained honourable terms from Sultan
Solyman, and retiring to Malta established themselves there in an
even stronger fortress than that of Rhodes, and repulsed all the
efforts of the Turks to dispossess them. The Order was the great
bulwark of Christendom against the invasion of the Turks, and
the tale of their long struggle is one of absorbing interest, and
of the many eventful episodes none is more full of incident and
excitement than the first siege of Rhodes, which I have chosen
for the subject of my story. Yours truly, G. A. Henty CHAPTER I The King Maker
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