Marcus Bull The Great Siege of Malta Hardback Book

Marcus Bulls revisiting of the siege through the eyes of the Ottomans and a global lens that shifts our angle of vision has made a considerable contribution to our understanding of the events of 1565... his approach is investigatory, based on a forensic study of all the available evidence and posing openended questions... the coverage of the siege itself is succinct and full of interesting perspectives Roger Crowley, Engelsberg Ideas A major new account of the epic siege of the island fortress of Malta Even as the great siege began it was understood by both sides to be an epic a potentially decisive encounter between an uneasy assortment of soldiers, native Maltese, adventurers and Knights Hospitaller on a strategically crucial but near waterless island and a vast, seemingly allpowerful Ottoman armada. With three quarters of the Mediterraneans coasts already in the hands of the Sultan and his allies, all eyes were now on Malta. This superb new account of the siege emphasises the crucial importance of the siege while at the same time putting it in a far wider context. While since mistakenly recast as a climactic battle between the West and the East, it was also much more interesting and nuanced than that both sides had many other interests and priorities beyond Malta. Sleyman the Magnificent had conquered and subsumed regions from Hungary to the Persian Gulf Philip II was building an empire in America and Asia. Drawing on a wide range of eyewitness stories, Marcus Bull... | Marcus Bull The Great Siege of Malta Hardback Book