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Joe Scicluna
Kirjat ja teokset yhdessä paikassa: 3 kirjaa, julkaisuja vuosilta 2018–2019, suosituimpiin kuuluu By Order of Napoleon. Vertaile teosten hintoja ja tarkista saatavuus suomalaisista kirjakaupoista.
Leo left his native Sicily in 1806 to serve in the British Army in the Mediterranean island of Malta. All he had then were dreams and ambitions of youth. He wanted to become a professional soldier to be able to serve his country. Based at Fort Ricasoli, he forged new friendships and fell in love with Lisa, a village girl from Kalkara. But his hopes, his dreams and his ambitions turned into a terrifying ordeal and a desperate struggle to stay alive.
Ever since the Great Siege of 1565, Malta became known as the impregnable island. It was the home of the Knights of St. John, that highly admired Christian Army formed of the upper crust of Europe's nobility. And yet, when Napoleon's fleet turned up at its shores in June 1798, the knights were in a state of disarray. They were incapable of planning or executing a credible defence strategy, much to Europe's amazement. It was difficult to conceive how centuries of glorious victories could culminate in the disgraceful banishment that followed the surrender of Malta. These are the memoirs of Pierre-Jean Doublet who was the Grand Master's secretary for the French Langue. He witnessed the events as they unfolded and left a detailed account of what took place and what, in his view, led to such an unpredictable outcome.
