Bøger om Malta

Demonstrates that Malta was much more than a military strongpoint in the Christian-Muslim divide but rather a major centre of international exchange.Malta in the sixteenth century is usually viewed in military terms: the great bulwark of Christendom against Islam, the island ruled by the crusader Knights of St John - the Hospitallers - with its vast fortifications and its famous siege of 1565. This book, however, which examines the development of the economy of Malta and its place in the wider Mediterranean economy in the period, paints a much more complex picture. It shows how Malta was the hub of alarge, complicated trading network, with Christians of various denominations, as well as Jews and Muslims, participating in commercial activity, and with well-developed instruments of trade and commercial law in place to supportthis network. It demonstrates that trade was not just in grain, a necessary commodity for Malta as a barren island with insufficient agriculture, but in a much wider range of goods, including even the sale and ransom of slaves. The book pays particular attention to the important commercial role of women, to safe conducts, which enabled Christians to trade in Muslim lands and vice versa, and to credit arrangements, which facilitated payments, even across the Christian-Muslim divide. Overall, rather than a key strong-point in a closed frontier, Malta is shown to have been a major centre of international exchange. JOAN ABELA is Senior Lecturer in the Legal History and Methodology Department at the University of Malta, President of the Notarial Archives Resource Council and past Secretary of the Malta Historical Society. She was the winner of the 2014 Boydell and Brewer Prize for the best doctoral thesis in maritime history.

Malta has served as a beautiful backdrop for films for nearly as long as there has been a film industry. This entry in the World Film Locations series traces the history of Malta on screen, from bigbudget blockbusters to modest indie pictures. The locations Malta offers range widely, from grand fortified harbours and stunning cliffs to quaint villages and Baroque palaces. That diversity has enabled the island to double for countless locations, including ancient Troy and Alexandria, as well as Greece, Israel, and other Mediterranean and Middle Eastern regions, while its well-known water tanks have proved to be perfect for shooting ocean scenes. Packed with illustrations, World Film Locations: Malta examines a number of films made in Malta, and will be a must-read for tourists, film buffs and scholars alike.

"Mig og min ø" er historier fra Elsebeth Egholms kaotiske, men festlige liv på den lille ø Gozo i den maltesiske skærgård. Læs om øens ihærdige Don Juan eller om, hvad man kan opleve på øens mødested, Gleneagles Bar. Tag med til et typisk gozitansk forlovelsesslagsmål og se, hvad der sker, når man indfører en pizzaovn fra Sicilien - forklædt som blomsterkumme."Mig og min ø" er en anderledes fortælling fra Elsebeth Egholms side og viser hendes talent som forfatter - munter, festlig og underholdende.Lydbogen er indlæst af Karin Rørbech.Elsebeth Egholm kan kunsten at fortælle en god historie. Altid elegant balanceret og præcis i afleveringen. Og det ser man tydeligt i disse små historier fra livet på Gozo befolket med kulrede ø-boere og ikke mindre vanvittige tilrejsende." - Jan Hedegaard, Berlingske Tidende.Elsebeth Egholm (f. 1960) er én af Danmarks mest læste forfattere. Elsebeth Egholm debuterede i 1999. I 2000 udkom den hvirvlende roman "Scirocco".

Danske Kari bor med sin maltesiske mand, Salvu, på øen Gozo i den maltesiske skærgård. Efter fem års ægteskab er det begyndt at knirke, ikke mindst fordi børnene lader vente på sig. Den dag den varme ørkenvind, Sciroccoen, blæser ind over middelhavsøen, bliver livet på øen brat forandret. En eksplosion slår to mennesker ihjel, og en fremmed ankommer til øen. Han vækker følelser hos Kari, som hun helst vil undertrykke. Hun hvirvles ind i begivenheder uden for sin kontrol, og mord, kærlighed og familiebånd blandes i en farlig cocktail, der tvinger Kari ud i sit livs valg.