The Great Siege of Malta Quotes

“Colonna was best known for having killed his mother-in-law two weeks after having married her fourteen-year-old daughter.”
― Bruce Ware Allen, The Great Siege of Malta: The Epic Battle between the Ottoman Empire and the Knights of St. John

“Even assuming he knew the sappers were Muslim, Mustapha was not going to spare any lives so long as victory was on the line. Besides, Muslims killed in this manner would go straight to paradise. The benefits were most likely lost on the slaves themselves, some of whom, to avoid the assignment, chose to cut off their own ears.”
― Bruce Ware Allen, The Great Siege of Malta: The Epic Battle between the Ottoman Empire and the Knights of St. John