[WATCH] How Charles Xuereb s blue tie was interpreted as victory for the PN in 1987
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Letters to the editor - August 2, 2021
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Mintoff biography
Richard Matrenza has beat me to it in lauding Fr Mark Montebello’s Dom Mintoff biography as a masterpiece (July 18).
As an avid Melitensia enthusiast and collector, I have read most, if not all the biographies of Maltese political personalities published to date.
I find this publication tops the lot in general content, style, historical research and accuracy as well as pleasant readability.
It has been written as an intelligent very independent labour of love, not love of Labour, pardon the pun.
Some passages are ‘desperately honest’ and it is understandable that some would have preferred that certain details were never included. This happens, more often than not, with the majority of biographies worldwide. Truth, especially when set to paper, is the most delicate matter to present.
During a courtesy visit earlier this month at San Anton Palace, Attard, Dr Charles Xuereb (left) presented to President George Vella, a copy of the third edition of his book France in the Maltese Collective Memory, Perceptions, Perspectives, Identities after Bonaparte in British Malta, published by Malta University Press. This edition also marks the 200th anniversary of Napoleon’s death in 1821. The book contains a seven-page special text on Bonaparte’s links to Malta and carries a memento anniversary ribbon on its cover. The book, published by Malta University Press, is now on sale.
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