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Title
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Bombardier.
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Author
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Glass, Christopher
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Abstract/Description
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Gian is happy with his future. He will be a stonemason like his father, and he is all but betrothed to his neighbor, Giuliana. But in 1551, a fleet of corsairs and Ottoman Turks invades Gozo. Gian loses track of Giuliana in the chaos and shelters with his family behind the walls of the Citadel, where he joins in the island's desperate defense. Defeated and enslaved, most of the Gozitans are sent to the markets of Libya, but Gian is taken by his new master to Angora. There he is raised in...
Show moreGian is happy with his future. He will be a stonemason like his father, and he is all but betrothed to his neighbor, Giuliana. But in 1551, a fleet of corsairs and Ottoman Turks invades Gozo. Gian loses track of Giuliana in the chaos and shelters with his family behind the walls of the Citadel, where he joins in the island's desperate defense. Defeated and enslaved, most of the Gozitans are sent to the markets of Libya, but Gian is taken by his new master to Angora. There he is raised in Islam as a goatherd until he is conscripted through devshirme. After years of training and indoctrination, Gian, now commander of an Ottoman bombard, travels aboard a galley to the Tunisian island of Djerba, recently captured by Christians from Spain, Venice, Genoa, and Malta. After a decisive victory over the Christian fleet, Gian and his comrades encamp on Djerba and besiege the fort. The siege drags into summer, and an idle Gian is already questioning his allegiance to the Turks when he finds Giuliana. Risking his new future in favor of his past, Gian conspires to free Giuliana and escape Djerba, but Giuliana has an agenda of her own.
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Identifier
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1129015059, WFE0000655
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Document (PDF)
