THE GREAT SIEGE OF MALTA

Book ID/图书代码： 06814019C00001

English Summary/英文概要： In the spring of 1565, a massive fleet of Ottoman ships descended on Malta, a small island centrally located between North Africa and Sicily, home and headquarters of the crusading Knights of St. John and their charismatic Grand Master, Jean de Valette. The Knights had been expelled from Rhodes by the Ottoman sultan, Suleiman the Magnificent, and now stood as the last bastion against a Muslim invasion of Sicily, southern Italy, and beyond. The siege force of Turks, Arabs, and Barbary corsairs from across the Muslim world outnumbered the defenders of Malta many times over, and its arrival began a long hot summer of bloody combat, often hand to hand, embroiling knights and mercenaries, civilians and slaves, in a desperate struggle for this pivotal point in the Mediterranean. Bruce Ware Allen’s The Great Siege of Malta describes the siege’s geopolitical context, explains its strategies and tactics, and reveals how the all-too-human personalities of both Muslim and Christian leaders shaped the course of events. The siege of Malta was the Ottoman empire’s high-water mark in the war between the Christian West and the Muslim East for control of the Mediterranean. Drawing on copious research and new source material, Allen stirringly recreates the two factions’ heroism and chivalry, while simultaneously tracing the barbarism, severity, and indifference to suffering of sixteenth-century warfare. The Great Siege of Malta is a fresh, vivid retelling of one of the most famous battles of the early modern world―a battle whose echoes are still felt today.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1565年春，一支庞大的奥斯曼舰队降落在马耳他。马耳他是一个位于北非和西西里岛之间的小岛，圣约翰十字军骑士和他们大师Jean de Valette的家乡和总部。这些骑士被奥斯曼苏丹，伟大的苏莱曼驱逐出罗兹，现在成为抵抗穆斯林入侵西西里岛、意大利南部以及其他地区的最后堡垒。来自世界各地的土耳其人、阿拉伯人和巴巴里海盗的围攻力量多次超过马耳他的保卫者，马耳他开始了一个漫长而炎热的夏天的血腥战斗，使骑士和雇佣军、平民和奴隶在地中海的这个关键的地方陷入绝望的斗争中。Bruce Ware Allen的《马耳他大围攻》描述了围城的地缘政治背景，阐述了围城的战略和策略，并揭示了穆斯林和基督教领袖是如何影响事件进程的。对马耳他的围攻是奥斯曼帝国在基督教西部和穆斯林东部争夺地中海控制权的战争中的重要标志。Bruce Ware Allen借鉴了大量的研究成果和新的素材，再现了两个派系的英雄主义和骑士精神，同时追寻了16世纪战争中的野蛮、严酷和对苦难的漠不关心。《马耳他大围攻》是对早期现代世界最著名的战役之一的一次生动而新鲜的复述，这场战役至今仍充满了影响力。（YYW）

Awards/获奖情况：引人入胜。我是说…这是对马耳他辉煌历史上最伟大事件之一的一项重要新研究。--《马耳他移民杂志》

这本书向读者提供了许多优秀的内容：它是一本扣人心弦的书，用学识打开了一扇通往迷人世界的窗户。它提供了对战争的本质的深刻见解，或者也许应该说是对人性的深刻理解，同时也描绘了一些与当今地缘政治形势非常发人深省的相似之处。强烈推荐给所有读者。——海军历史基金会

Allen对这门学科的精通贯穿始终，他的作品是迄今为止内容最广泛的相关材料书目，包括以前未使用的资料来源。--军事史季刊

Gripping. . . . This is an important new study of one of the greatest of episodes in Malta s illustrious history. --The Journal of the Maltese Diaspora"

This book offers many excellent things: it s a gripping read, and its scholarship opens a window onto a fascinating world. It provides deep insights into the nature of war and battle or perhaps one should say into human nature as well as providing some very thought-provoking parallels with today s geopolitical situation. Highly recommended to all readers. --Naval Historical Foundation"

Allen s mastery of the subject is evident throughout, and his is the most extensive bibliography of relevant materials to date, including as it does previously unutilized sources. --Military History Quarterly"

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