History - Local Publications

This is the compelling story of the special relationship between Winston Churchill and the people of Malta. During six visits over a period of fort...

Hand in hand with Fiona Vella and Oliver Gatt we walk through quite untrodden paths. Most visitors and other curious travellers usually herd and st...

Jiena miegħek, poplu! Kun miegħi int ukoll: għada tagħmel is-saħħa, u mis-saħħa ħwejjeġ tajba biss jistgħu joħorġu. Miegħek, dejjem miegħek jien, p...

Hand in hand with Fiona Vella and Oliver Gatt we walk through quite untrodden paths. Most visitors and other curious travellers usually herd and st...

Maltese Migration in Tunisian Coastal Towns (1836-1844) is the new book by University academic from the Department of Maltese, Prof. Arnold Cassola...

The style and subtlety of Joseph Attard’s writing has already won acclaim for his previous historical works which include three actual best-sellers...

Dan il-ktieb ikompli jikkonferma lir-Rev. Joseph Micallef bħala storiku li ma kienx kuntent jippreżenta rakkont xott ta’ fatti u figuri għax kien t...

Rakkonti ta’ Maltin u Għawdxin li għexu flgħoxrin sena tasseklu għoxrin.

Għas-sajf tal-2015, fl-450 anniversarju tal-Assedju l-Kbir ta’ Malta, Vincent Zammit, ipprepara 90 kitba qasira dwar diversi aspetti ta’ dan l-asse...

This volume brings together international and Maltese scholars, offering a line-up of innovative contributions to some of the most current – and de...

The second volume in the series Maltese Picture Postcards: The Definitive Catalogue details the early period of the divided-back postcards publishe...

This book draws fascinating portraits of some public women in their cultural, religious, social, and economic worlds. The realities of the lives of...

Il-qawmien fi żmien il-Franċiżi, l-influwenza tar-Risorġiment Taljan, il-Kwistjoni tal-Lingwa, ir-rebħa tal-Malti bħala l-lingwa nazzjonali, ittwaq...

The urban, cultural and political profile of the Maltese islands is deeply marked by the presence for 268 years of the Knights of St John. The Orde...

Published at the right time of the year to be considered an important Christmas present, this book commemorates the series of superb photographic b...

‘The Maltese’ is a brief work by Aldo Azzopardi about Maltese history seen from the eyes of Xmun, a local inhabitant through the ages. Azzopardi i...

This series of articles was published in the Sunday Times of Malta between 2010 and 2015 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Malta’s involvement...

Includes fold-out pages containing 360° photo images CD enclosed – A collection of European Sacred Hymns & Motets – The Collegium Musicum Choir...

This is a modest commemoration of the Sette Giugno 1919 a century after it happened. The book is edited by Prof Henry Frendo and includes essays by...

Rakkonti ta’ Maltin u Għawdxin li għexu flewwel għoxrin sena tasseklu għoxrin.

Malta’s Classical period and its archaeology have long been neglected in favour of the island’s unique prehistoric heritage. Anthony Bonanno’s Malt...

The Addolorata Cemetery is the magnum opus of the architect Emmanuele Luigi Galizia. It is an outstanding manifestation of Gothic Revivalism and Ro...

The Story of the Malta Buses, 1931–2014 celebrates the transition of the public transport service from individual owners and drivers to Arriva. Wit...

Claudio de la Sengle was born in 1494 in the French province of Beauvais. His discretion, gallantry and piousness opened the way for the first dign...

Maltese Tokens – A Collection’ is about tokens used in Malta during the British period, mainly from the late Victorian period to the 1960s. The Sti...

The Order of the Knights of St John of Jerusalem was from its very beginnings a Hospitaller Order. It was founded in Jerusalem in the mid-11th cent...

Thomas Freller’s Our Lady of Mellieħa sheds new light on the history of the local and international perception of the cult of Our Lady of Mellieħa,...

Eighteenthcentury Malta was a fascinating place. It was a land of contradictions. The island was ruled by a Religious Order but contemporaries desc...

Mil-1800, f’Malta, sakemm kienet abolita l-piena tal-mewt, din is-sentenza ngħatat 170 darba. Kien hemm każ ieħor fejn il-kundanna saret barra minn...

Rakkonti u Grajjiet mill-Istorja ta' Pajjizna Vol. 1

Dan il-ktieb jagħtina tagħrif ġdid dwar il-wasla tal-patrijiet jew irhieb mendikanti ġewwa pajjiżna. L-Irhieb Agostinjani fittxew kenn fil-Mellieħ...