SKANDERBEG Captain General & The JANISSARIES Fighting Priests

About the Book

A story told in dramatic form about the “Sword of Christiandom,” Skanderbeg (“Captain General”) and the Janissaries (“Fighting Priests”), and its leading players: Mohammed II (“Conquer of Constantinople”); Pasha Ballaban (Albanian Renegade), the favorite and most effective general of the Sultan, chief Aga of the Janissaries, the elite corps of the Turkish forces, recruited as young lads from the conquered lands, a majority of whom were from Albania); Moses Goleme, confidant of Skanderbeg and spiritual leader of the Albanian cause. Most of the main players (from both camps) were bound together by family ties. Morsinia (leading lady), the Albanian beauty, provides not only the love interest of the drama, but also symbolizes the purity of Albania in its heroic struggle – under Skanderbeg – against the Turkish hordes with overwhelming odds of over 15 to 1…

About the Author

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, and reared in Hartford, Connecticut, Lou Giaffo can sum up his life in three words: art, teaching and writing. Lou launched his art career as a commercial artist in “The Big Apple”(New York City), following his honorable discharge from the United States Marine Corps. Although an eighth-grade dropout, Lou eventually earned his master’s degree in education, resulting in a career change into teaching. But Lou’s greatest achievement is as the proud dad of Jason Lou Giaffo, his nine-year-old son, a straight-A honor student, now in the fourth grade.