Histories Of Malta – Confusions And Conclusions By Giovanni Bonello Vol XII

A fascinating array of chapters on the most varied historical themes, from pirates in Malta in the British Period, to the systematic looting of the Palace; from an Italian knight of Malta who plotted an assassination and was tortured for treason, to a Maltese scandal that saw Cardinal Newman dragged into court by a defrocked Italian priest; and from an obsessive Maltese art collector who lost his fortune to gambling, to the first study of early cinemas in Malta. Contents: Paolo del Rosso, Knight, Assassin, Poet; An unknown portrait of Fra Carlos Grunenberg by Mattia Preti; Santa Liberata and the bearded female crucifix; A Malta-USA deal in 1974; Pirates in the early British era – the Malta connections; The hidden history of the looting of the Palace; Malta in the Newman and Achilli drama