Steve Nichols
The siege of Malta during World War 2 is one of the great epics of aerial warfare. In 1942, it was described alternately as both a 'fighter pilot's paradise' and 'the most bombed place on earth'. During the peak of the Axis efforts against Malta, ... [... more]
Random House |
Siege of Malta: 1940-1942
 An account of the most overlooked of all historical sieges.: There was the Siege of Troy, the Siege of Leningrad and other notable events where one opposing force laid siege to either a city or, in the case of Gibraltar (which endured 13 sieges [... more]
CDN$11.03
Amazon CA |
Nicholas Rinaldi
Nicholas Rinaldi is the author of two previous novels, The Jukebox Queen of Malta and Bridge Fall Down, and three collections of poetry. His stories and poems have appeared widely in literary journals here and abroad. He teaches literature and ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Mark Barber
This is a concise history of the Royal Navy's air arm during World War II, from the Arctic convoys, to the battle for Malta, to the last raids on Japan. The contribution of British Naval aviation to the ultimate Allied victory cannot be ... [... more]
Random House |
Roger Crowley
Roger Crowley was born in 1951 and spent part of his childhood in Malta. He read English at Cambridge University and taught English in Istanbul, where he developed a strong interest in the history of Turkey. He has traveled widely throughout the ... [... more]
Random House |
The End of the Beginning : From the Siege of Malta to ...
From Amazon.co.uk: In End of the Beginning Tim Clayton and Phil Craig use the same techniques of oral history employed for their previous book. Finest Hour described the events of the first full year of the Second World War, 1940, highlighting the drama [... more]
CDN$43.00
Amazon CA |
Fortress Malta
Strategic Stepping-Stone: This is the best military history book to be published since (and I'd rank it right up there with) last year's "An Army At Dawn" by Rick Atkinson. High praise, indeed, since that book won a Pulitzer Prize. If you've [... more]
CDN$16.95
Amazon CA |
The Knights of Malta
defenders of the faith, and all that: Well, this work is certainly comprehensive, not to say exhaustive, so I give it three stars in deference to that. However, this is a recent piece of history writing, and it really doesn't show. Like the many 19th [... more]
CDN$33.34
Amazon CA |
Spitfires Over Sicily: The Crucial Role of the Malta ...
A "must" for World War II military buffs.: In 1943, British and American amphibian and airborne forces began landing in Sicily, culminating in the invasion of Sicily which took 39 days. The plan (code named Operation Husky) fixed Malta as the [... more]
CDN$36.07
Amazon CA |
Malta: The Spitfire Year, 1942
THE BOOK ON THE SPITFIRE'S ROLE IN THE DEFENSE OF MALTA: Christopher Shores et al. have produced a first-rate book on the contributions made by the Spitfire in the defense of Malta against a determined Axis assault. From 1940 to 1942, Malta served as a [... more]
CDN$72.88
Amazon CA |
Malta And Gozo Mini
The best guide to Malta: Having lived in Malta for about five months, I can vouch for the quality of this book. It definitely beats all the other guides out there. The author had the advantage of writing about a small country, which might explain why [... more]
CDN$17.50
Amazon CA |
The Great Siege: Malta 1565
The siege that halted the advancement of the Ottoman Empire: In the spring of 1565, two great armies met on the battlefield of an island in the heart of the Mediterranean. This war came to be known as the Great Siege of Malta. I consider it to be the [... more]
CDN$10.00
Amazon CA |
