Blue-Water Empire by Robert Holland
Britain has been a major presence in the Mediterranean from the Battle of the Nile to the end of empire, as both a military and a colonising force on the islands and coastlines of the sea. In this title, the author traces the story of that presence, from its legacies in culture, language and law to the Mediterranean's own influence on Britain.
Robert Holland's masterly history of the Mediterranean is a pleasure to readBlue-Water Empire shows how Britain's mastery of the Middle Sea shaped the modern world, whilst reminding us how profoundly the Mediterranean has influenced the British -- Simon Ball (Author Of The Bitter Sea: The Struggle For Mastery In The Mediterranean, 1935-1949) [A] rich and readable account of the British in the Middle Sea ... As Holland's learned, lucid and enjoyable work makes clear, many British politicians saw the Mediterranean as the pre-eminent global strategic arena, representing the key to victory in Europe and Asia -- Dominic Sandbrook Sunday Times Blue-Water Empire is an important corrective to current historical amnesia ... it will remain the definitive account of Anglo-Mediterranean history for years to come -- Amanda Foreman New Statesman Lively and absorbing ... original -- Philip Mansel Spectator This is an important subject, and it has never before been drawn together into a single coherent narrative ... Blue-Water Empire puts the land, not the sea, at the heart of the story Literary Review
Robert Holland is one of the world's leading historians of the Mediterranean and the author of Britain and the Revolt in Cyprus, 1954-59, and (with Diana Markides) The British and the Hellenes: struggles for mastery in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1850-1960. He holds professorial positions at the Centre for Hellenic Studies in King's College London and the Institute of Commonwealth Studies in the same University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781846141089 |
| ISBN 10 | 1846141087 |
| Title | Blue-Water Empire |
| Author | Robert Holland |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2012-01-26 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
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