Malta 1565 
Subtitle: Last Battle of the Crusades
Contributors: Christa Hook (Illustrator)
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: August 28, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781855328303
Subjects: Battles & campaigns; European history: c 1500 to c 1750; Holy war; Military - General; History - Military / War; History; History: World; Italy; Malta; Europe - General; Middle East - Turkey; History / Military / General
First sentence: 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 to clear away a deadly threat to its lines of communication before beginning the campaign that would bring all Europe under the sway of the Ottoman Empire.