The Great Siege of Malta: The Epic Battle between the Ottoman Empire and the Knights of St. John, by Bruce Ware Allen
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The definitive battle in the clash of empires that has defined Europe for 500 years
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- Published on: 2015-10-22
- Released on: 2015-10-08
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The Great Siege of Malta: The Epic Battle between the Ottoman Empire and the Knights of St. John, by Bruce Ware Allen Review “The epic siege of Malta of 1565 deserved this book. The unthinkable happened when a small Christian army stood up to and defeated the mightiest military forces of the century, and that is always something to chant about and to celebrate. It is not that the Great Siege had been forgotten by historians and by novelists—anything but. What that-larger-than-life event lacked was a retelling, passionate and accurate, historically faithful and stirring, hauling the readers in, never to let hold of them. This is what Bruce Ware Allen’s account manages to achieve: to tell a true story that reads faster than a racy novel, to mold the stuff of legend to wholly human dimensions.”—Giovanni Bonello, former Judge of the European Court of Human Rights and author of Nostalgias of Malta“Based on a rich corpus of documentation from a variety of European archives, Allen’s book offers us a thorough military analysis of perhaps the most important amphibious operation of the sixteenth-century Mediterranean. His eye for the detail, his rigor in juxtaposing historical data, and his clear prose produced a diligent study that makes an enjoyable read for both academic and non-academic audiences.”—Dr. Emrah Safa Gürkan, assistant professor of history, Istanbul 29 Mayis University“Allen’s mastery of the subject is evident throughout, and his is the most extensive bibliography of relevant materials to date, including as it does previously unutilized sources.” —Military History Quarterly"Bruce Allen’s The Great Siege of Malta is remarkable for the thoroughness of his research and his ability to portray the protagonists as three-dimensional human beings, warts and all. I was aware of Francis I's shallowness, vanity, and athletic abilities—he out-wrestled Henry VIII at the Field of the Cloth of Gold! —but didn't know that Charles V showered his conversation partners with spittle! This is a fine piece of scholarship, well-researched, convincingly argued and engagingly written."—John F. Guilmartin, Jr., author of Gunpowder and Galleys: Changing Technology and Mediterranean Warfare in the Sixteenth Century
About the Author BRUCE WARE ALLEN has written on the sixteenth-century Mediterranean world for Military History Quarterly, Military Heritage, and for Treasures of Malta (the publication of the Malta Historical Society). He grew up in New York City, the Netherlands, and Italy, and was educated at Duke University. This is his first book.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Magisterial book! By far, the best of all histories on the Siege of Malta! By Zoraida This is a magisterial book that re-thinks the famous siege of Malta in 1565. Using novel and classic bibliography that is judiciously used to enhance the impact of the story, the author makes the Siege of Malta come alive again. Allen writes with a sureness of phrasing that is both lucid and elegant. His fast-paced prose, adorned with subtle irony, keeps the suspense until the last moment. I have read various histories of the Siege of Malta, but this is, by far, the best. Allen's descriptions of warfare tactics on both the Christian and Muslim side, his explanations of 16th-century weapons and ships, as well as his selection of historical characters on both sides of the Christian/Muslim divide, including his keen psychological interpretations of their actions and decisions, turn this book into an obligatory read. I learnt much while reading this wonderful book! You will not be disappointed.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. A Stimulating Read By Mike Byrne Reading “The Great Siege of Malta” has already made me buy three more books: “Agents of Empire”, “A History of Warfare”, and “Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters.” The Great Siege of Malta is a stimulating read. You don’t have to be an expert in history to be carried away by this book. It is fast-paced, and the only thing that slows you down is trying to remember the names of all the characters. The book is action-packed. It is hard to believe that these guys had so little concern for their own lives. I guess this was the period when, unlike today, men were MEN and women were women…or whatever.Yeah, yeah…I know: Guys today are just as manly as blah blah blah. Well, not so! Take, for instance, when Suleiman the Magnificent, after a four or five month bloody siege of Rhodes, rides unaccompanied on his white stallion into the enemy camp, the fortress of Rhodes, to discuss the terms of surrender of the island with the knights he’s been killing. No bodyguards, no Secret Service protection, no nothing…just Suleiman on his white horse.Last guy to do that, I think, was John Wayne. Or maybe Alan Ladd in that movie “Shane,” when he walks into the bar and asks for sarsaparilla, and then he shoots all the bad guys dead.And Suleiman was the “bad” guy at Rhodes. (And later on at Malta.) Even the “bad” guys in those days were more manly than the so-called “men” of today.I know I’ll forget to mention this unless I mention it now…so here goes… For fans of Humphrey Bogart, Sidney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Mary Astor etal., it turns out that there actually is an historical basis for “The Maltese Falcon” (or as Bogart called it in the movie…”Da Black Boid.”) And if you read closely, you’ll find that historical connection in ‘The Great Siege of Malta.’ Now back to my serious review of the book:Permit me to help out here. Maps come in handy, especially if , like me, you were educated in America. The important map in TGSOM is found following page 166 of the text. This map of the Mediterranean Basin is very important if you wish to properly follow the action in the book. The map supports the text well enough but the map is otherwise quite sketchy. The map assumes that the reader knows some basics: for instance, it assumes that you know Sicily is the large island off the “toe” of the "boot” of Italy. So it doesn’t bother writing the word “Sicily” on that island. The two large islands to the West of Sicily are also without labels. These islands are Sardinia and Corsica. Corsica is the northernmost of the two islands, and approximately two hundred years after the action in this book Corsica will give birth to the most famous Corsican of them all…Napoleon Buonaparte. But I digress.The other illustrations which follow page 166 are interesting, but if you really want to get a better idea of the layout of the lands and islands upon which the battles in this book are fought, I suggest that you google “Malta” or “Rhodes” or wherever the action in the book is taking place, and in addition to more informative maps you will usually find photographs of the locations from which you may get an enhanced appreciation of the unfolding events as you read about them.I asked ten random people at the casino where I play video poker if they knew where Anatolia and the Balkan Peninsula were. Not one person knew. Two people (husband and wife) said Anatolia was in Spain. The closest guess about the location of the Balkan Peninsula placed the Balkans near Russia. This doesn’t mean that Americans are stupid; it’s just that Americans have been poorly edjumicated. This includes me. Fortunately, there are excellent books like TGSOM around, and we can educate ourselves and repair that deficiency.In order to properly follow the events in the book you should have some idea of where Anatolia and the Balkan Peninsula are situated. If you check the map on the reverse side of page 166, Anatolia is the dark area in the East between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. It roughly coincides with present-day Turkey. The Balkan Peninsula (or simply ‘The Balkans,”) is that glop of dark land that hangs down from central Europe, to the west of Anatolia and to the east of Italy. At the southern tip of the Balkans you see Modon and Coron on the map in the book. I’m not entirely sure how far to the North the peninsula extends, but if you think of a line going from Ragusa in the West to Constantinople in East on the map I think you come close enough.In the 1950s a luxury liner named Andrea Doria sank off the New England coastline. This was a very big deal at the time. And by reading TGSOM, I learned that Andrea Doria was a famous hero in connection with the siege of Malta, and later with the battle of Lepanto. I love to learn stuff like this. And there are several connections (or touchstones) like this in the book. I sometimes wondered if the author was even aware that these connections existed…which somehow made it even more enjoyable for me to read.Speaking of the great siege of Malta, and the battle of Lepanto, … we are now about 600 years from those events and it seems to be happening all over again. Extremist Muslims flying planes into the World Trade Center buildings…the USA bombing Muslim countries to “save” their populations from whatever…mass migrations from Muslim countries into Germany and Sweden etal., causing all sorts of problems… Where is this all heading? And most of this conflict is taking place in the very same Mediterranean Basin where it took place before.Well, if not for the successes of the Western forces at Malta and Lepanto 600 years ago, a European woman today might be reading this review through an eye-slit in her hijab. And if things don’t work out right in these times we live in today, your granddaughters may be reading this review through eye-slits in their hijabs several years in the future and they might be wondering why we didn’t do something to prevent it.I highly recommend that you read The Great Siege of Malta; especially if you’re an American. Americans have to come to an understanding of what our government is doing around the world; and if we’re not doing the right things, we must find a way to put a stop to it. We must begin to educate ourselves. A single book like The Great Siege of Malta can’t accomplish this alone, but it’s a good place to start.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. An excellent book about an improtant historical event By Sfoo For a certain type of mood, there is nothing better than a good book about a long siege. The situation is a naturally dramatic one and the tension inevitably builds as both sides come closer to exhaustion. The defenders find themselves eating an increasingly strange and sparse diet. The attackers find their supplies running out, their forces becoming discouraged and wasted by disease. Fortune takes unexpected Some ordinary men find unsuspected resources and the extraordinary ones are shown in their most vivid colors.This book, about the 1565 Siege of Malta, is one of the best such books I have read in a long time. The forces led by the Knights of St. John, who ruled the strategically-important Mediterranean island, were greatly outnumbered by the Turkish forces determined to take Malta and gain a new beachhead against Christian Europe. The Knights were highly skilled but often handicapped by a tendency towards rashness and very touchy senses of honor. The Turks were led by an uneasy coalition which included an politically-connected Vizier and Dragut, one of the great corsairs of that piratical age. The supporting cast includes janissaries, spahis, galley slaves, kings, and a Christian commander the Pope released from his imprisonment for rape and murder.The author tells a lively, well-researched stories and has done a good job of drawing from a wide variety of disparate sources.Highly recommended.
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