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Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 2008
- ISBN
- 9781400066247
- Book Title
- Empires of the Sea : The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 9.6 in
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Genre
- Religion, History
- Topic
- Military / Naval, Military / General, Islam / General, Christianity / General, Europe / General
- Item Weight
- 22.9 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.9 in
- Number of Pages
- 368 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1400066247
ISBN-13
9781400066247
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63347622
Product Key Features
Book Title
Empires of the Sea : The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Topic
Military / Naval, Military / General, Islam / General, Christianity / General, Europe / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Religion, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
22.9 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2007-033794
Dewey Edition
22
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.
Dewey Decimal
940.2/1
Synopsis
In 1521, Suleiman the Magnificent, Muslim ruler of the Ottoman Empire at the height of its power, dispatched an invasion fleet to the Christian island of Rhodes. This would prove to be the opening shot in an epic struggle 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 his most mesmerizing work to datea 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 and features a cast of extraordinary characters: Barbarossa, The King of Evil, the pirate who terrified Europe; the risk-taking Emperor Charles V; the Knights of St. John, the last crusading order after the passing of the Templars; the messianic Pope Pius V; and the brilliant Christian admiral Don Juan of Austria. This struggles brutal climax came between 1565 and 1571, seven years that witnessed a fight to the finish decided in a series of bloody set pieces: the epic siege of Malta, in which a tiny band of Christian defenders defied the might of the Ottoman army; the savage battle for Cyprus; and the apocalyptic last-ditch defense of southern Europe at Lepantoone of the single most shocking days in world history. At the close of this cataclysmic naval encounter, the carnage was so great that the victors could barely sail away because of the countless corpses floating in the sea. Lepanto fixed the frontiers of the Mediterranean world that we know today. Roger 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, technology and Inca gold. Empires of the Sea is page-turning narrative history at its besta story of extraordinary color and incident, rich in detail, full of surprises, and backed by a wealth of eyewitness accounts. It provides a crucial context for our own clash of civilizations., In 1521, Suleiman the Magnificent, Muslim ruler of the Ottoman Empire at the height of its power, dispatched an invasion fleet to the Christian island of Rhodes. This would prove to be the opening shot in an epic struggle between rival empires and faiths for control of the Mediterranean and the center of the world. InEmpires of the Sea,acclaimed historian Roger Crowley has written his most mesmerizing work to datea 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 and features a cast of extraordinary characters: Barbarossa, "The King of Evil," the pirate who terrified Europe; the risk-taking Emperor Charles V; the Knights of St. John, the last crusading order after the passing of the Templars; the messianic Pope Pius V; and the brilliant Christian admiral Don Juan of Austria. This struggle's brutal climax came between 1565 and 1571, seven years that witnessed a fight to the finish decided in a series of bloody set pieces: the epic siege of Malta, in which a tiny band of Christian defenders defied the might of the Ottoman army; the savage battle for Cyprus; and the apocalyptic last-ditch defense of southern Europe at Lepantoone of the single most shocking days in world history. At the close of this cataclysmic naval encounter, the carnage was so great that the victors could barely sail away "because of the countless corpses floating in the sea." Lepanto fixed the frontiers of the Mediterranean world that we know today. Roger 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, technology and Inca gold.Empires of the Seais page-turning narrative history at its besta story of extraordinary color and incident, rich in detail, full of surprises, and backed by a wealth of eyewitness accounts. It provides a crucial context for our own clash of civilizations. From the Hardcover edition.
LC Classification Number
D215.C76 2008
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