{"id":252023,"date":"2025-12-17T10:22:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T09:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/?post_type=product&#038;p=252023"},"modified":"2025-12-17T10:42:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T09:42:16","slug":"sea-walls-souls-a-social-history-of-birgu-bormla-and-isla-1530-1630","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/store\/sea-walls-souls-a-social-history-of-birgu-bormla-and-isla-1530-1630\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea, Walls &amp; Souls: A Social History of Birgu, Bormla and Isla 1530-1630"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Specifications<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pages<\/strong>: 288<\/li>\n<li><strong>Inside Pages<\/strong>: Coated paper \/ Full colour<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cover<\/strong>: Hardback<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dimensions<\/strong>: 26 x 20.5cm<\/li>\n<li><strong>Languages<\/strong>: English<\/li>\n<li><strong>Authorship<\/strong>: Rachel Grillo<\/li>\n<li><strong>Photography<\/strong>: Pierre Balzia, Daniel Cilia, Massimo Denaro, Steven Psaila, Katie Sims<\/li>\n<li><strong>Design:<\/strong> Pierre Balzia<\/li>\n<li><strong>Illustration &amp; Photo Enhancement<\/strong>: Kimberly Azzopardi, Cherise Micallef<\/li>\n<li><strong>Editing<\/strong>: Godwin Vella \/ Maria Muscat<\/li>\n<li><strong>ISBN<\/strong>: 978-9918-627-65-3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Heritage Malta Publishing<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Note: Postal services to the United States of America and its territories are temporarily suspended until further notice due to postal charge issues.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Memories of the past linger in the streets of Birgu, Bormla and Isla, and the lives of those who once walked among us, are far from forgotten. The towns our ancestors once called home remain erect to this day, but their story has yet to be told. <em>Sea, Walls <\/em>&amp; <em>Souls: A Social History of Birgu,Bormla and Isla 1530-1630 <\/em>explores real human stories extracted from the repositories of Maltese archives to write the early histories of the three harbour communities. Through these illustrating stories, the book explores themes such as crime, markets, parishes, and local government in the early years of the Order of St John in what are now coined as \u2018The Three Cities\u2019.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Heritage Malta Publishing<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":252035,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[530],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-252023","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-general-history","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"taxable","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-simple"},"acf":{"components":false,"page_watermark":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sea, Walls &amp; Souls: A Social History of Birgu, Bormla and Isla 1530-1630 - Heritage Malta<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/store\/sea-walls-souls-a-social-history-of-birgu-bormla-and-isla-1530-1630\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sea, Walls &amp; Souls: A Social History of Birgu, Bormla and Isla 1530-1630 - Heritage Malta\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Memories of the past linger in the streets of Birgu, Bormla and Isla, and the lives of those who once walked among us, are far from forgotten. The towns our ancestors once called home remain erect to this day, but their story has yet to be told. Sea, Walls &amp; Souls: A Social History of Birgu,Bormla and Isla 1530-1630 explores real human stories extracted from the repositories of Maltese archives to write the early histories of the three harbour communities. Through these illustrating stories, the book explores themes such as crime, markets, parishes, and local government in the early years of the Order of St John in what are now coined as \u2018The Three Cities\u2019.   Heritage Malta Publishing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/store\/sea-walls-souls-a-social-history-of-birgu-bormla-and-isla-1530-1630\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Heritage Malta\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HeritageMalta\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-17T09:42:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sea-Walls-Souls_-COVER-mockup-LAST-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@heritagemalta\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/store\/sea-walls-souls-a-social-history-of-birgu-bormla-and-isla-1530-1630\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/store\/sea-walls-souls-a-social-history-of-birgu-bormla-and-isla-1530-1630\/\",\"name\":\"Sea, Walls &amp; Souls: A Social History of Birgu, Bormla and Isla 1530-1630 - Heritage Malta\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/store\/sea-walls-souls-a-social-history-of-birgu-bormla-and-isla-1530-1630\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/store\/sea-walls-souls-a-social-history-of-birgu-bormla-and-isla-1530-1630\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sea-Walls-Souls_-COVER-mockup-LAST-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-17T09:22:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-17T09:42:16+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/store\/sea-walls-souls-a-social-history-of-birgu-bormla-and-isla-1530-1630\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/store\/sea-walls-souls-a-social-history-of-birgu-bormla-and-isla-1530-1630\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/store\/sea-walls-souls-a-social-history-of-birgu-bormla-and-isla-1530-1630\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sea-Walls-Souls_-COVER-mockup-LAST-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sea-Walls-Souls_-COVER-mockup-LAST-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1920},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/store\/sea-walls-souls-a-social-history-of-birgu-bormla-and-isla-1530-1630\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sea, Walls &amp; Souls: A Social History of Birgu, Bormla and Isla 1530-1630\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/\",\"name\":\"Heritage Malta\",\"description\":\"Part of Us\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sea, Walls &amp; Souls: A Social History of Birgu, Bormla and Isla 1530-1630 - Heritage Malta","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/store\/sea-walls-souls-a-social-history-of-birgu-bormla-and-isla-1530-1630\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sea, Walls &amp; Souls: A Social History of Birgu, Bormla and Isla 1530-1630 - Heritage Malta","og_description":"Memories of the past linger in the streets of Birgu, Bormla and Isla, and the lives of those who once walked among us, are far from forgotten. The towns our ancestors once called home remain erect to this day, but their story has yet to be told. Sea, Walls &amp; Souls: A Social History of Birgu,Bormla and Isla 1530-1630 explores real human stories extracted from the repositories of Maltese archives to write the early histories of the three harbour communities. Through these illustrating stories, the book explores themes such as crime, markets, parishes, and local government in the early years of the Order of St John in what are now coined as \u2018The Three Cities\u2019.   Heritage Malta Publishing","og_url":"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/store\/sea-walls-souls-a-social-history-of-birgu-bormla-and-isla-1530-1630\/","og_site_name":"Heritage Malta","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HeritageMalta\/","article_modified_time":"2025-12-17T09:42:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1920,"url":"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sea-Walls-Souls_-COVER-mockup-LAST-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@heritagemalta","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/store\/sea-walls-souls-a-social-history-of-birgu-bormla-and-isla-1530-1630\/","url":"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/store\/sea-walls-souls-a-social-history-of-birgu-bormla-and-isla-1530-1630\/","name":"Sea, Walls &amp; Souls: A Social History of Birgu, Bormla and Isla 1530-1630 - Heritage Malta","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/store\/sea-walls-souls-a-social-history-of-birgu-bormla-and-isla-1530-1630\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/store\/sea-walls-souls-a-social-history-of-birgu-bormla-and-isla-1530-1630\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sea-Walls-Souls_-COVER-mockup-LAST-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2025-12-17T09:22:08+00:00","dateModified":"2025-12-17T09:42:16+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/store\/sea-walls-souls-a-social-history-of-birgu-bormla-and-isla-1530-1630\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/store\/sea-walls-souls-a-social-history-of-birgu-bormla-and-isla-1530-1630\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/store\/sea-walls-souls-a-social-history-of-birgu-bormla-and-isla-1530-1630\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sea-Walls-Souls_-COVER-mockup-LAST-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sea-Walls-Souls_-COVER-mockup-LAST-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1920},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/store\/sea-walls-souls-a-social-history-of-birgu-bormla-and-isla-1530-1630\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sea, Walls &amp; Souls: A Social History of Birgu, Bormla and Isla 1530-1630"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/#website","url":"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/","name":"Heritage Malta","description":"Part of Us","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/252023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=252023"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=252023"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heritagemalta.mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=252023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}