The Maltese Cross

The Maltese Cross

Author: Dennis Castillo

Publisher: Praeger

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 288

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Annotation. Despite its size, the small island nation of Malta has had a dramatic effect on world history. Historian Dennis Castillo, the American-born son of Maltese immigrants, traces the challenges faced by the Maltese people as witness to the Punic Wars, the Crusades, Napoleonic Wars, and World War II.


Knights of Malta, 1523-1798

Knights of Malta, 1523-1798

Author: Reuben Cohen

Publisher: IndyPublish.com

Published: 1920

Total Pages: 68

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When Necker, in the financial distress of the autumn of 1789, appealed for a voluntary contribution from all landowners, the Order gave him a third of the revenue of its French commanderies, and later it pledged its credit for 500,000 francs to the destitute Louis XVI., to help him in the flight that ended so disastrously at Varennes. This last act put it in definite opposition to the Revolution.