May 1565. Suleiman the Magnificent, emperor of the Ottomans, has declared a jihad against the Knights of Saint John the Baptist. The largest armada of all time approaches the Knights' Christian stronghold on the island of Malta. The...
Malta
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- Author:Hastings, MaxSummary:
Historian Max Hastings recreates one of the most thrilling events of World War III: the British action to save its troops from starvation on Malta.
- Author:Leighton, FrankSummary:
This is the story of a sensitive youth who grows up during the Great Depression in rural Britain. The reader shares the writer's traumatic experience of losing a mother at an early age, and is later exposed to the youthful influences...