The Great Siege of Malta: The Epic Battle between the Ottoman

The Great Siege of Malta: The Epic Battle between the Ottoman Empire and the Knights of St. John

In the spring of 1565, a massive fleet of Ottoman ships descended on Malta, a small island centrally located between North Africa and Sicily, home and headquarters of the crusading Knights of St. John and their charismatic Grand Master, Jean de Valette. The Knights had been expelled from Rhodes by the Ottoman sultan, Suleiman the Magnificent, and now stood as the last bastion against a Muslim invasion of Sicily, southern Italy, and beyond. The siege force of Turks, Arabs, and Barbary corsairs from across the Muslim world outnumbered the defenders of Malta many times over, and its arrival began a long hot summer of bloody combat, often hand to hand, embroiling knights and mercenaries, civilians and slaves, in a desperate struggle for this pivotal point in the Mediterranean.

Bruce Ware Allen's The Great Siege of Malta describes the siegeâ€™s geopolitical context, explains its strategies and tactics, and reveals how the all-too-human personalities of both Muslim and Christian leaders shaped the course of events. The siege of Malta was the Ottoman empireâ€™s high-water mark in the war between the Christian West and the Muslim East for control of the Mediterranean. Drawing on copious research and new source material, Allen stirringly recreates the two factionsâ€™ heroism and chivalry, while simultaneously tracing the barbarism, severity, and indifference to suffering of sixteenth-century warfare.

The Great Siege of Malta is a fresh, vivid retelling of one of the most famous battles of the early modern worldâ€”a battle whose echoes are still felt today.
Country USA
Brand ForeEdge
Manufacturer ForeEdge
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
ReleaseDate 2017-06-06
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781512601169

Country	USA
Brand	ForeEdge
Manufacturer	ForeEdge
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
ReleaseDate	2017-06-06
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781512601169

The Great Siege of Malta: The Epic Battle between the Ottoman Empire and the Knights of St. John

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