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by Tim Pickles (Author), David Chandler (Editor), Christa Hook (Illustrator) "The immediate cause of what is perhaps the most heroic and (for the defenders) successful siege in history was the necessity of an invading power..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 96 pages
  • Publisher: Osprey Publishing; illustrated edition edition (15 Jan 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1855326035
  • ISBN-13: 978-1855326033
  • Product Dimensions: 24.4 x 18.4 x 1 cm
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An account of the epic siege of the island fortress of the Knights Hospitaller by the Turkish Army of the Emperor Suleiman. The six battle scenes in the book depict the brutal fighting and acts of bravery by the 500 Knights who held out against 30,000 Turkish soldiers for four months.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic good read, 8 Aug 2007
By Antonio Moncayo (Zaragoza) - See all my reviews
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This is the best book of the Osprey series .I bought this book on arrival to Malta and I can say that I have read it more than 4 times .I used it as a guide when I went to Valletta and I suggest reading this book before visiting the siege museum.

Written by Tim Pickles, it describes the siege for Malta by the Ottomans in 1565 ,in which the defenders endured incredible hardship and had to fight against overwhelming numbers of Turks.
Is very easy to read and will satisfy the general public and amateur historian rather as it does not have much in-depth information.

The illustrations and the maps are very good and give an excellent idea of the situation and movement of the forces during the siege.

The chapters covering the assault on the forts are excellent and found it very difficult to put the book down.

5 stars
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21 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars A total waste of money, 26 Jun 2001
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This review is from: Malta, 1565 (Histories) (Paperback)
The siege of Malta is a seminal event in European History, much of which would have been significantly different if the Knights had not held out against the odds. As such the 1565 Siege has attracted more than its fair share of studies both Academic and General. This title from Osprey seems to be a distillation and synopsis of a particularly popular modern history of the Siege. No use has been made of the small number of contemporary accounts... There is therefore no new interpretation of events and the details present in other studies is severly lacking. Overall, therefore the text has nothing to commend it.

The illustrations are almost all from much later works and as such do not illustrate the dress, the weaponry or the tactics of the mid sixteenth century. A cynic might comment that they were chosen because they were were cheap to reproduce and not becuase they illuminate the text. (An illustration of Napoleon's Imperial Guard Mamelukes is really going too far).

Overall this is a book best avoided, there are a number of better books on the Siege readily, available both for text and for illustrations.

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Quite good as introduction, 24 Mar 2007
By Maciej K. "Darth Maciek" (Belgium) - See all my reviews
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I rather disagree with the previous review. I liked this book, although it was the first one I ever read on this siege, so I really couldn't compare. Of course I can understand that when you are a scholar on the topic, you can find this book a little bit superficial - but Osprey Campaigns are short by principle and they never pretend to be other thing that a general introduction to more serious studies. And this one is quite good, with quite honest illustrations.
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