Empires of the Sea by Roger Crowley
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.Roger Crowley was born in 1951 in Malta, where he spent part of his youth. He studied English at Cambridge University and taught English in Istanbul, where he became fascinated by Turkish history. He has spent many years traveling widely around the Mediterranean basin and has a broad understanding of its history and culture. He resides in the English county of Gloucestershire. He's also the author of Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Struggle for the Center of the Earth, as well as 1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and The Conflict of Islam and the West.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780812977646 |
| ISBN 10 | 0812977645 |
| Title | Empires of the Sea |
| Author | Roger Crowley |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2009-05-12 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
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