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Author: Manduca John
Publisher: Peg Publishers Ltd
Format: Hardback
No of pages: 508 A British Governor of Malta puts his private thoughts on paper and gives his view on Malta and the Maltese. He is the only Governor and Commander-in-Chief to have done so in detailed Diaries spanning four years. This makes them unusual if not unique. The Bonham-Carter Diaries contain astute, frank and sometimes causric comments on the men and women whom he met with whom he worked. Mgr Gonzi's campaign to succeed Archbishop Maurus Caruana, the deeply divided political parties, the long-drawn out 'language questin', the state of Malta's defences and Fasciest activities, are all scrutinised and analysed. The civil service, the army, the judiaciary, women's rights and the police come in for penetrating comment. So do the ambitions of the Axis Dictators, Hitler and Mussolini, and Neville Chamberlain's policy of appreasement |
