Empires of the Sea · The Final Battle for the Mediterranean 1521-1580
- Authors
- Crowley, Roger
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Tags
- military history , eurasian history , european history , history , retail , maritime history , war
- ISBN
- 9780571232307
- Date
- 2008-05-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 2.47 MB
- Lang
- en
Shows the Mediterranean as a majestic and bloody theatre of war. Opening with the Ottoman victory in 1453, this title tells the story of military crusading, Barbary pirates, white slavery and the Ottoman Empire - and the larger picture of the struggle between Islam and Christianity.