Empires of the Sea : The Final Battle for the Mediterranean, 1521-1580

Author: Crowley, Roger

Mediterranean Sea

Published on 4 July 2013 by FABER & FABER in the United Kingdom.

Paperback / softback | 368 pages
197 x 129 x 24 | 292g

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.