Jacques Francois De Chambray: The Order he Served, The Island he Loved, and The Fort he Built
€120.00
- Jacques François de Chambray: The Order he Served, The Island he Loved, and The Fort he Built.
This melitensia publication written by Joseph Scicluna consists of ten chapters split in two parts with the first part focusing on the naval career of Bailiff Chambray, while the second part deals with the construction of the fortress. It has well over 150,000 words, and in excess of 600 illustrations, images and photos that help to enhance the reader’s experience. The book has received rave reviews from those who have purchased it including several historians. The following are the comments of Dr Stephen C. Spiteri an authority on Hospitaller fortresses and author of many books on the subject, as well as Dr Thomas Freller a German historian and a prolific writer on the history of Malta.
Joseph Scicluna has done an excellent job at examining the records and bringing them together in such wealth of detail for the very first time here in this book.
Reading through the pages of Scicluna’ s account, one can practically visualize Bailiff Chambray supervising the works with his commanding presence.' – Stephen C. Spiteri
Joseph Scicluna presents an impressive amount of detailed information on Chambray and his times in excellent harmony with a rich collection of images, some of which hitherto unpublished. This painstakingly researched and well-written account is indeed a noteworthy debut for this Gozitan historian and a valuable contribution to the historiography of the Order in Malta.
It will long remain the definitive biography of the great naval commander who wrote such glorious pages in the naval annals of the Order of St John.' – Thomas Freller
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- Pages: 528
- Cover: Hardback
- Dimensions: 24.5 x 33.5cm