Spies and Renegades in Hospitaller Malta

History is made up of the destinies and activities of single human beings. This fact is once more confirmed by the first-hand accounts of adventurers, travellers, and mercenaries this book is presenting. The destinies of such heroes and villains – set in the Mediterranean divided between Christians and Muslims in the transitional period of the 1580s – provide intriguing information in a background of battles, sea fights, corsairing, and espionage, where people survived by their wits.