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Ernle Bradford

The Great Siege, Malta 1565

Clash of Cultures: Christian Knights Defend Western Civilization Against the Moslem Tide

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The indispensable account of the Ottoman Empire's Siege of Malta from the author of Hannibal and Gibraltar. In the first half of the sixteenth century, the Ottoman Empire was thought to be invincible. Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman sultan, had expanded his empire from western Asia to southeastern Europe and North Africa. To secure control of the Mediterranean between these territories and launch an offensive into western Europe, Suleiman needed the small but strategically crucial island of Malta. But Suleiman's attempt to take the island from the Holy Roman Empire's Knights of St. John would emerge as one of the most famous and brutal… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-4976-3786-3
  • EAN: 9781497637863
  • Produktnummer: 19350931
  • Verlag: Ingram Publishers Services
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
  • Seitenangabe: 260 S.
  • Masse: H21.5 cm x B14.1 cm x D2.0 cm 350 g
  • Gewicht: 350

Über den Autor


Ernle Bradford was born in 1922 and died in 1986. He was a noted British historian specializing in the Mediterranean world and naval topics. Bradford was an enthusiastic sailor himself and spent almost thirty years sailing the Mediterranean, where many of his books are set. He served in the Royal Navy during World War II, finishing as the first lieutenant of a destroyer. Bradford lived in Malta for a number of years. He did occasional broadcast work for the BBC, was a magazine editor, and wrote many books, including Hannibal, Paul the Traveller, Julius Caesar: The Pursuit of Power, Christopher Columbus, and The Mighty Hood.

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