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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 T have chosen for the subject of my story.

Yours truly, G. A. Henty