The third volume in, the highly renowned series of historical fiction novels by Dorothy Dunnett, takes place in 1551, when francis crawford of lymond is dispatched to embattled malta, to assist the knights of hospitaller...The third volume in, the highly renowned series of historical fiction novels by Dorothy Dunnett, takes place in 1551, when francis crawford of lymond is dispatched to embattled malta, to assist the knights of hospitallers in defending the island against the turks.