Bonaparte à Malte is a 2008 book by Maltese writer Frans Sammut, with an introduction by Dr Paul Borg Olivier.
[5][6] Voicing his surprise that fundamental subjects such as mathematics, physics and astronomy were not yet being taught at the University of Malta, he also instituted a series of educational reforms.
[5] Sammut characterized Napoleon as "a different kind of leader... more of an intellectual strategist and philosopher",[5] a quality placing him in the highest rank of commander together with Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great.
[6] Some of Sammut's research for Bonaparte à Malte also went into his 1994 historical novel about Vassalli, Il-Ħolma Maltija (The Maltese Dream), described by Alfred Sant as "his masterpiece"[1] and by British author and poet Marjorie Boulton as "a colossal work".
[7] According to Prof. Anne-Marie Mésa of the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Frans Sammut's "point of view is actually original, well reasoned out, nuanced and subtle – as one would expect from all works on history.