Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Random House TradeISBN-13:9780812977646ISBN-10:812977645UPC:9780812977646Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Military, EuropeBook Topic:Naval, RenaissanceSize:7.90 x 5.10 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SC5M38XH6V
In 1521, Suleiman the Magnificent, Muslim ruler of the Ottoman Empire, dispatched an invasion fleet to the Christian island of Rhodes. This would prove to be the opening shot in an epic clash between rival empires and faiths for control of the Mediterranean and the center of the world. In Empires of the Sea, acclaimed historian Roger Crowley has written a thrilling account of this brutal decades-long battle between Christendom and Islam for the soul of Europe, a fast-paced tale of spiraling intensity that ranges from Istanbul to the Gates of Gibraltar. Crowley conjures up a wild cast of pirates, crusaders, and religious warriors struggling for supremacy and survival in a tale of slavery and galley warfare, desperate bravery and utter brutality. Empires of the Sea is a story of extraordinary color and incident, and provides a crucial context for our own clash of civilizations.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Random House TradeISBN-13:9780812977646ISBN-10:812977645UPC:9780812977646Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Military, EuropeBook Topic:Naval, RenaissanceSize:7.90 x 5.10 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SC5M38XH6V
Roger Crowley was born in 1951 and spent part of his childhood in Malta. He read English at Cambridge University and taught English in Istanbul, where he developed a strong interest in the history of Turkey. He has traveled widely throughout the Mediterranean basin over many years and has a wide-ranging knowledge of its history and culture. He lives in Gloucestershire, England. He is also the author of 1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West.
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