The Great Siege of Malta

This is an enjoyable book, written by a skilled historian who has read very widely… Everyone will learn something from reading Bull’s work

Noel Malcolm, Telegraph

Marcus Bull’s revisiting of the siege through the eyes of the Ottomans and a global lens that shifts our angle of vision has made a considerable contribution to our understanding of the events of 1565... his approach is investigatory, based on a forensic study of all the available evidence and posing open-ended questions... the coverage of the siege itself is succinct and full of interesting perspectives

Roger Crowley, Engelsberg Ideas

‘Impressive, deeply researched… Rather than pursue old religious agendas and messianic readings of the triumph Bull places the siege in a broad global economic and political context

Andrew Lambert, Naval Review

Thorough and propulsive

Michael Prodger, New Statesman

A vivid account of a close-run thing … peculiarly fascinating

David Horspool, The Oldie

Thoughtful and incisive… a great strength of Bull’s book is precisely that he often dissents from received opinion… he has provided an impressive reassessment, rich in penetrating insights, of a major moment in the history of the Mediterranean

David Abulafia, TLS

An epic account… [a] no-nonsense, myth-busting book… [Bull] writes with knightly brio and packs a great deal of local and global history into his authoritative book

Pratinav Anil, The Times