Book about colonel who governed Malta for 18 days is launched
Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna chairman and author Mario Farrugia presenting the first copy of the book to Charles Azzopardi, head, CSR Department at Bank of Valletta, in front of the replica of the funerary monument dedicated to Morshead at the Upper Barracca.
Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna, in collaboration with Bank of Valletta, has published a biography and history book about Colonel Henry Anderson Morshead, the commanding royal engineer in Malta between 1829 and 1831 and his funerary monument at the Saluting Battery in Valletta.As commanding royal engineer, Morshead (c.1774–1831) was responsible for various works on the fortifications of...