Author:  Henry Garnett

Illustrator:  Ciriello

Description:  Book has a little wear to the edges of the boards and spine edges. Head and tail of spine are bumped and worn. Price in faint black wax pencil on the front paste-down. No other marks. Binding is sound. Stated first edition, 1960.  

Young adult historical fiction novel. In 1570, as Christians throughout Europe unite in a Holy League to defeat Turkish invaders, fourteen-year-old Guido of Venice, Italy, leaves the safety of a monastery to serve on a ship his wealthy father has contributed and fights in the Battle of Lepanto.

Binding:  Hardcover

Condition:  Good+

Jacket Condition:  None                                     

Publisher:  Doubleday & Company, Inc.

Place: Garden City, NY

Year: 1960

Size:  5.5 x 8.3 inches.

Pages:  188 Pages.

Keywords: Battle of Lepanto, Ottoman wars, Holy League, Ottoman-Venetian War, Catholic History, Historical fiction, young adult, juvenile