The Kappillan Of Malta Av Nicholas Monsarrat

<p><b>''One of the most memorable characters of post-war fiction''</b><i>Daily Express</i><br><b><br>A classic novel set in the siege of Malta 1940-1942 from the bestselling author of <i>The Cruel Sea</i></b><br><br>Father Salvatore was a simple, lumbering priest, a Kappillan serving the poor Valetta, when war came out of the blue skies to pound the island to dust.<br><br>Now amid the catacombs discovered by a chance bomb, he cared for the flood of homeless, starving, frightened people who sought shelter from the death that fell unceasingly from the sky.<br><br>His story, and the story of Malta, is told in superbly graphic pictures of six days during the siege. Each of those days brought forth from the Kappillan a message of inspiration to keep them going - the legendary tales of six mighty events of Malta''s history which shone through the centuries and gathered them together in a fervent belief in their survival.</p>