The Great Siege Of Malta Marcus Bull Allen Lane Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

\ Marcus Bull’s Revisiting Of The Siege Through Eyes Ottomans And A Global Lens That Shifts Our Angle Vision Has Made Considerable Contribution To Understanding Events 1565 His Approach Is Investigatory Based On Forensic Study All Available Evidence Posing Open-Ended Questions Coverage Itself Succinct Full Interesting Perspectives\ - Roger Crowley Engelsberg Ideas Major New Account Epic Island Fortress Malta Even As Great Began It Was Understood By Both Sides Be An – Potentially Decisive Encounter Between Uneasy Assortment Soldiers Native Maltese Adventurers Knights Hospitaller Strategically Crucial But Near Waterless Vast Seemingly All-Powerful Ottoman Armada With Three Quarters Mediterranean’s Coasts Already In Hands Sultan Allies Were Now This Superb Emphasises Importance While At Same Time Putting Far Wider Context Since Mistakenly Recast Climactic Battle West East Also Much More Nuanced Than Had Many Other Interests Priorities Beyond Süleyman Magnificent Conquered Subsumed Regions From Hungary Persian Gulf Philip Ii Building Empire America Asia Drawing Wide Range Eyewitness Stories Bull Gives Vivid Sense Period’s Technologies Values Assumptions Grim World Built Labour Thousands Disposable Galley-Slaves Shockingly Brutal Forms Warfare Religious Absolutism Filled Most Extraordinary Discoveries These Worlds Come Together Book Σελίδες: 352 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0429 Διαστάσεις: 16 3X16 3Cm