Gauci is also the author of βIn the Name of the Prince β Maltese Corsairs 1760 β 1798β
Synopsis
Sponsored by the Alfred Mizzi Foundation. Malta in September 1798, after three short months of Republican rule, burst into flames; a quasi civil war broke out. A wilting economy, a rise in unemployment, and a defeat of the French Navy at Aboukir in August paved the way for rebellion. The nation, or better yet, the people of Malta, it was believed had been betrayed by France and its Maltese Jacobins: this beacon of freedom was now perceived rotten. Members of the Maltese society, be it the nobleman, be it the rowdy sailor, or the uneducated farmer had a rallying cry. A unification seldom found maybe even till this very day in our country, but once achieved the flames of this cry engulfed the island. Heritage Malta has recently acquired unpublished documents so that they could be preserved for the nation. Such documents are now available for all to be studied and new insights are already being unwrapped. Insights which give us a new outlook of what the people of Malta went through in this most difficult of times.
Speaker: Liam Gauci
Faith and Death in their Revolution: New Insights into Malta’s History, 1798-1800
Speaker: Liam Gauci
Merchants Street, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Palazzo Parisio, Pardo Hall, Valletta
Faith and Death in their Revolution: New Insights into Malta’s History, 1798-1800