BLOOD RED CRESCENT BATTLE OF LEPANTO

This book by Henry Garnett was first published in 1960.

It was fall 1570, and rumours of an invasion by the Turks were spreading throughout Venice. Down by the docks, Guido Callata listened to the sailors as they discussed past battles and speculated about more fighting in the future. From the altar of St. Mark's, a message from His Holiness Pope Pius V had been read, calling for crusade to repel Turkish advances. A fleet of Venetian and Spanish vessels would be assembled, and Guido's father, like other wealthy Venetians, had agreed to build and equip a galley for the Christian fleet...

How Guido finally manages to join the fleet and help to defeat the Turks in the memorable Battle of Lepanto is a colourful tale of danger, suspense, and adventure in 16th - century Italy.

It is in hardcover with illustrations and made up of 188 pages.