Great Siege: Malta 1565 (Wordsworth Military Library.)

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Spectacular.......2007-10-09

An absolute page turning account of a desperate battle. The account, though historically informative, reads like a novel. It is concisely written, expressive, and captivating. I could not put it down. I highly recommend this book if you're interested in not only learning about a fascinating struggle, but in obtaining a sense of what it must have been like to be in Malta in 1565.

highly readable account of a heroic moment in European history.......2007-09-30

The "Great Siege", is the Siege of Malta in 1565, as the Turkish Ottoman Empire tried to expand further into the Mediterranean and up to Italy. The Ottomans had already conquered most of Eastern Europe.

The book, by a British historian named Ernle Bradford, is great! But unfortunately extremely difficult to get. It's not stocked on Amazon and second hand copies are rare. I was lucky and got mine second hand off Amazon for 20 bucks plus shipping, back in April. It's a book I'd always had a wish to read, since seeing a review years ago.

The historical background to the siege, and an abbreviated discussion can be found here online: Siege of Malta (1565) - Wikipedia.

The book uses all the contemporary accounts and puts them into a flowing narrative, that is really quite riveting. The main characters are the Grand Master of the Order of the Knights Hospitaller of St. John, (a fighting religous order who also maintained hospitals! Go figure.), Jean de Valette, the Turkish leader , Mustafa Pasha, and his Tripoli ally Turgot Reis.

The Turkish invaders really should have won the day as they had vastly more men. They were stymied by their own infighting, some bad tactical decisions (especially opening the siege by trying to capture the Fort of St. Elmo's), and by the heroic defense of the Christian defenders who travelled to Malta, and the Maltese fighters. The violence level is appalling. It was a bad idea to be captured, by either side!

It's a great, highly readable story, if you can get the book. I hope it gets re-issued soon.

The Great Siege.......2006-04-23

This is a truly great book. Mr Bradford is so passionate about his subject, so vivid in his detail, that it's all you can do not to book a plane ticket to go and see for yourself. The detail is staggering - he recreates the past with the love and care of an artist. It is a book about the Knights of the Order of St John of Jerusalem and their struggle against the Turks of the Ottoman empire - and it's a ripping good read. Just pick it up - you'll enjoy it.

Amazing siege, amazing story, amazing book..........2006-01-18

What I read: An amazingly heroic defense of the knights and the Maltese against an amazing siege of the navy of the Magnificient and his generals. When I read in my middle school history class, this siege just was an unsuccessful one-sentence event in the hundreds of pages of the Ottoman Empire, but, while reading this book, I felt like I watched and lived the siege minute by minute. And I felt like this was the most important siege of all times (it truly might be!). My respects to especially Dragut (Turgut) and to La Vallette increased, since both were great leaders. I also learned how little things can change the result of the war. Questions in my mind after reading the book are: What would be the result like if Suleiman attended the siege? What would be the result like if Admiral Piali Pasha listened to Mustafa Pasha so that they would secure the north before the siege? What would it be like if Dragut wasn't hit by a stone and die during the siege? What would the result be like if the Don Garcia waited for two more days? What would the history be like after that?
It felt sorry for all the people fought during the siege, both the siegers, who came to "smoke out the nest of vipers who were constantly attacking their ships in the mediterranean", and the defenders, who "were defending their last homeland to death".

Magificent tale of courage, duty and iron discipline.......2005-08-17

Outstanding story of the true events on Malta in 1565 in a struggle between the Turks and the small band of Knights of St John. Terrific research, compelling characters and some truly horrific and gruesome battle when most battles were fought at close range and with edged weaponry. The author has captured the mood of the garrison and the Turks and their allies like no other book I have read. Powerful characters who were so convinced to stand against overwhelming odds for months on end is remarkable and true. What an epic film this would make as some of the events ring true to this day.
A must read for anyone interested in the advent of gunpowder, heroic and defiant stands, massive battles and some incredible characters like the leader of the knights, La Valette who was seventy years old while leading the defense himself! Most enjoyable book of this nature that I have ever read. Powerful stuff.

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1565 The Great Siege Of Malta
Joseph Ellul
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1565 The Great Siege Of Malta

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The Great Siege Malta 1565
Ernle Bradford
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The Great Siege: Malta 1565
Ernle Bradford
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The 1565 Great Siege of Malta and Hipolito Sans's La Maltea

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Arnold Cassola
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The Great Siege - Malta 1565
Ernie Bradford
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THE GREAT SIEGE MALTA 1565
Ernle Bradford
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THE GREAT SIEGE MALTA 1565.

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The great siege of Malta (1565) and the Istanbul State Archives

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The prefect primary source on the Great Siege of Malta

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Arnold Cassola
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The prefect primary source on the Great Siege of Malta.......2002-11-25

In the spring of 1565, two great armies met on the battlefield of an island in the heart of the Mediterranean. This war came to be known as the Great Siege of Malta. I consider it to be the great battle of the Cross and the Koran, and a victory for either side would preserve Christianity or open Europe to the infidels of Islam. It was an encounter that saw a fierce three-month battle with the greatest military force in the history of mankind, the Ottoman Empire.

I am a college student at Indiana State University and writing a paper on the Great Siege of Malta can be nevery difficult without primary sources. Cassola's book fills in the gap, if you can not fly to Malta and visit the library. I highly recommend the book to anyone wanting to know more about the Great Siege of Malta, which halted the advancement of the Ottoman Empire and preserved Christianity in `the soft under-belly of Europe.'

It is a small boring book of information, but a "must" for primary sources.

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great text by the inventor of multiple imputation.......2001-04-21

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