Last Crusader : A Novel About Don Juan Of Austria

Don Juan of Austria, one of history’s most triumphant and inspiring heroes, is reborn in this opulent novel by Louis de Wohl. Owing to the circumstances of his birth, this last son of Charles V spent his childhood in a Spanish peasant’s hut. Acknowledged by King Philip as his half-brother, he quickly became a central figure at court, where intrigues and romances abounded. His intelligence, kindness, and devout attachment to the Church let him live unscathed amid luxury, violence, and treachery. Witness vivid scenes and characters at Philip’s court, Juan’s campaign against rebels in Andalusia, and his amazing victory at Lepanto that saved Christendom from Islamic dominance. An adventure that brings to life the age’s turbulent conflicts of wickedness and piety, its sins of pride and conquest, its heresies and its great faith.