Isbn: 9789990968835 - the guns and gunners of malta (3 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Gift inscription.

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. Small pierced hole in front cover and first couple of pages but not really significant. See images. Fantastic book. About the book >.>.> While my historical interests have ranged far and wide one of the most abiding has been the artillery history of the great British colo nial fortresses amongst which I include Gibraltar, Singapore, Hong Kong and, of course, Malta. I have researched Gibraltar for many years and I was given the opportunity of writing a book on Hong Kong. I called this "The Guns and Gunners of Hong Kong". My reason for putting together the guns and those who manned them was because so many of these histories concentrate on the fortifications and the armament and leave out the human aspect altogether. Beside which, I am a Gunner. This book is the story of the Guns and Gunners of Malta during the British period. So that the story of the guns can be told in full the book takes into account other arms and services which provided ele ments of artillery related defence systems and therefore includes ref erence to the Royal Engineers with their se.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. From the arrival of Captain Vivjon's Troop in 1798 to the time of the departure of all British forces from the island in 1977, a hundred and seventy nine years of history and dramatic it is too. A very major part of the story is also that of the Royal Malta Artillery, xxiv, 482pp + index, 20. Well illustrated in colour and black and white. Size 297x210mm Shipping weight 2.5 kilos.…