Empires of the Sea by Roger Crowley (2009 Softcover)

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9780812977646
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0812977645
ISBN-13
9780812977646
eBay Product ID (ePID)
70919136

Product Key Features

Book Title
Empires of the Sea : The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of TheWorld
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Topic
Military / Naval, Military / General, Islam / General, Christianity / General, Europe / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Religion, History
Author
Roger Crowley
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
10.8 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in

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Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"[Crowley] offers exquisitely delicate insights and undulating descriptive passages. Yet in his descriptions of the battles, his prose is so taut and tense, it is impossible not to be caught up in the harrowing action."-Christian Science Monitor "A masterly narrative that captures the religious fervor, brutality and mayhem of this intensive contest."-Kirkus Reviews,starred review "Gripping . . . This is a rare combination of a history book that reads with the detail, insight and pace of a novel."-Tampa Tribune "Crowley has an astonishing gift for narration; his account is as exciting as any thriller."-Wall Street Journal "Crowley's page-turner history . . . deserves to be this [season's] most recommended nonfiction book. . . . Rich in character, action, surprise, what transpired in those few desperate weeks is one of history's best and most thrilling stories."-Dallas Morning News From the Trade Paperback edition., "[Crowley] offers exquisitely delicate insights and undulating descriptive passages. Yet in his descriptions of the battles, his prose is so taut and tense, it is impossible not to be caught up in the harrowing action."- Christian Science Monitor "A masterly narrative that captures the religious fervor, brutality and mayhem of this intensive contest."- Kirkus Reviews, starred review "Gripping . . . This is a rare combination of a history book that reads with the detail, insight and pace of a novel."- Tampa Tribune "Crowley has an astonishing gift for narration; his account is as exciting as any thriller."- Wall Street Journal "Crowley's page-turner history . . . deserves to be this [season's] most recommended nonfiction book. . . . Rich in character, action, surprise, what transpired in those few desperate weeks is one of history's best and most thrilling stories."- Dallas Morning News, "[Crowley] offers exquisitely delicate insights and undulating descriptive passages. Yet in his descriptions of the battles, his prose is so taut and tense, it is impossible not to be caught up in the harrowing action."-- Christian Science Monitor "A masterly narrative that captures the religious fervor, brutality and mayhem of this intensive contest."-- Kirkus Reviews, starred review "Gripping . . . This is a rare combination of a history book that reads with the detail, insight and pace of a novel."-- Tampa Tribune "Crowley has an astonishing gift for narration; his account is as exciting as any thriller."-- Wall Street Journal "Crowley's page-turner history . . . deserves to be this [season's] most recommended nonfiction book. . . . Rich in character, action, surprise, what transpired in those few desperate weeks is one of history's best and most thrilling stories."-- Dallas Morning News
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
940.2/1
Synopsis
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.

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