Ernle Bradford

Ernle Dusgate Selby Bradford (11 January 1922, Cole Green, Norfolk, England – 8 May 1986, Malta) was a noted 20th-century British historian specializing in the Mediterranean world and naval topics.[1][2][3]

Ernle Bradford

Life

The son of Jocelyn Ernle Sydney Patton Bradford and his wife, Ada Louise Dusgate, Bradford was educated in England at Uppingham School.[4] He also served in the Royal Navy during World War II, finishing as the first Lieutenant of a destroyer.[5]

A keen yachtsman himself, Bradford spent almost 30 years sailing the Mediterranean, and many of his books are set there.[6][7][8] His book, The Journeying Moon describes some of these voyages.[9] It ends with the sale of his Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter, Mischief, to HW Bill Tilman, who made a number of significant voyages in it to high latitudes. Bradford lived in Kalkara, Malta for a number of years.[10] Sometime BBC broadcaster and magazine editor, Bradford was a prolific author.[10]

Partial list of works
  • Southward the Caravels: The Story of Henry the Navigator, 1961.
  • The Great Siege, Malta 1565, 1961.
  • The Touchstone, 1962
  • Ulysses Found, 1963.
  • Reisen mit Odysseus, a German edition of the above.
  • Ulisse ritrovato: un'avventura intorno alla Sicilia, an Italian edition of the above, 1982.
  • Thermopylae: The Battle for the West. Also published as The Year of Thermopylae.
  • Hannibal.
  • Paul the Traveller.
  • Julius Caesar: The Pursuit of Power.
  • Cleopatra.
  • The Sword and the Scimitar: The Saga of the Crusades, 1974
  • The Shield and the Sword: The Knights of Malta. Also published as The Shield and the Sword: The Knights of St. John.
  • The Great Betrayal: Constantinople 1204.
  • The Wind Off the Island.
  • The Sultan's Admiral: Barbarossa. Also published as The Sultan's Admiral: The Life of Barbarossa.
  • Christopher Columbus.
  • (Editor): The Great Siege of Malta 1565: Translated from the Spanish Edition of 1568 by Francisco Balbi di Correggio.
  • Nelson: The Essential Hero.
  • The Mighty Hood: The Life and Death of the Royal Navy's Proudest Ship.
  • The Story of the Mary Rose.
  • Siege: Malta 1940-1943.
  • Mediterranean: Portrait of a Sea.
  • The Companion Guide to the Greek Isles.
  • Three Centuries of Sailing.
  • The America's Cup.
  • The Journeying Moon.

References
  1. Miller, BY Judith (28 September 1986). "Malta, Where Suleiman Laid Siege" – via NYTimes.com.
  2. Bradford, Ernle (10 November 2014). Great siege: malta 1565. Open Road Media. OCLC 933438608.
  3. Bradford, Ernle (10 November 2014). "Christopher Columbus". Open Road Media – via Open WorldCat.
  4. "Ernle Bradford". AM Heath Literary Agents.
  5. Bradford, Ernle (1971). Mediterranean: Portrait of a Sea. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. pp. 574. ISBN 0-15-158584-9.
  6. Bradford, Ernle (10 November 2014). "Gibraltar: the History of a Fortress". Open Road Media – via Open WorldCat.
  7. Bradford, Ernle (10 November 2014). Paul the traveller: St. Paul and his world. OCLC 933438606.
  8. Bradford, Ernle (10 November 2014). "The Great Ship". Open Road Media – via Open WorldCat.
  9. Bradford, Ernle (10 November 2014). "The Journeying Moon". Open Road Media – via Open WorldCat.
  10. "FYCA Page".
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