Author

Publication

2008-04-05 - Faber & Faber Limited

Word Count

92,000 words, Guess

Page Count

368 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

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Classifications

  • LCCV46 .C76 2008

Description

"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.

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