Great Siege: Malta 1565 (Wordsworth Military Library.) - Softcover

Bradford, Ernle; Bradford, Ernle Dusgate Selby

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1840222069 ISBN 13: 9781840222067

Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

In 1565 the Ottoman Empire was at its peak. Under their sultan, Solyman the Magnificent, the Turks had conquered most of Eastern Europe. The rulers of Christian Europe were at their wits' end to stem the tide of disaster. The Knights of St John, the fighting religious order drawn from most of the nations of Christendom had been driven from their island fortress of Rhodes 40 years earlier. From their new base of Malta their galleys had been so successful in their raids on Turkish shipping that the Sultan realised that only they stood between him and total mastery of the Mediterranean. He determined to obliterate the Knights of Malta. This reconstruction of the Siege of Malta brings history alive, and carries the reader through many battles, the heroism and the hunger to the relief which came, nearly too late, and the final victory.

About this title

About the Author:

ERNLE BRADFORD (1922-1986) was a prominent British historian specializing in the Mediterranean world and naval history. He served in the Royal Navy for the duration of World War II and later traveled throughout the Mediterranean, living for a while on Malta. He was a BBC broadcaster and magazine editor, as well as the author of many acclaimed books, including biographies on Cleopatra, Hannibal, and Caesar.

Review:

''A superior, readable treatment of an important but little-discussed epic from the Renaissance past . . . An astonishing tale.'' --Kirkus Reviews

About this edition

• Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1840222069
• ISBN 13: 9781840222067
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256