 Muscat Azzopardi was a powerful novelist.In his historical novels "Toni Bajjada" (1878), "Mattew Callus" (1878), "Vicu Mason" (1881), "Susanna" (1883), "Ċejlu Tonna" (1886), "Ċensu Barbara" (1893) and "Nazju Ellul" (1909), he uses the past in its historical application.In his romantic style, the story becomes an indication of the future, and the novelist mixes both elements of nationalism with an invented story.