
- Publisher:
- FABER & FABER
- Year of publication:
- 2013
- ISBN:
- 978-0-571-29819-8
- Pages:
- 341
EMPIRES OF THE SEA
THE FINAL BATTLE FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN, 1521-1580
ROGER CROWLEY
Empires of the Sea shows the Mediterranean as a majestic and bloody theatre of war. Opening with the Ottoman victory in 1453 it is a breathtaking story of military crusading, Barbary pirates, white slavery and the Ottoman Empire - and the larger picture of the struggle between Islam and Christianity. Coupled with dramatic set piece battles, a wealth of riveting first-hand accounts, epic momentum and a terrific denouement at Lepanto, this is a work of history at its broadest and most compelling.