Malta A Childhood Under Siege

by Linda Peek, Noah Charney (Editor)

Overview

Margaret Staples was nine years old at the beginning of 1939 when her father was posted from England to the British colony of Malta with the Royal Engineers. Margaret and her four siblings thought they were in paradise, but everything changed when the Second World War broke out in September of that year. 

Hitler wanted to take control of Malta for its strategic position, right in the middle of the Mediterranean. To fulfil this desire, the Axis dropped more bombs on this tiny island than anywhere else on the planet. When that didn't work, they sank the ships taking supplies to the island, hoping to force capitulation through starvation.

This is Margaret's story of survival, told by her daughter Linda.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780645876116
Publisher:	Woodlands Publishing
Publication date:	10/01/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	258
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Linda Peek is a writer, blogger and businesswoman. Born in the United Kingdom, she has been involved in international diplomacy through her husband's work as an Australian diplomat. Linda has lived in Switzerland, Israel, Malaysia, South Africa, Chile, France and Denmark, with postings in Canberra, Australia in between. While living in Chile, she was Food Editor for an English newspaper, writing a popular weekly column called "The Good Life." She was a member of the Circle of Gastronomic Writers of Chile and a food judge. She runs her own business, which handles imports and exports of food ingredients. Since 2011 she has been writing about food in her weekly blog Café Cat. Linda currently lives in Canberra, Australia. This is her first book.

Table of Contents

• Map of the Mediterranean
• Map of Valletta and Floriana
• Note from the Author
• Before Malta
• After Malta
• Back to Malta
• Afterword
• Acknowledgements
• Medals and Recognition