Full name: Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World

Author: Roger Crowley Year: 2008 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction, History, War/Military, Historical fiction Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780812977646 0812977645

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. Similar books: The Great Sea by David Abulafia The Middle Sea by John Julius Norwich The Enemy at the Gate by Andrew Wheatcroft Defenders of the Faith by James Reston Jr. The Great Siege by Ernle Bradford The Siege of Vienna by John Stoye Vanished Kingdoms by Norman Davies A Brief History of the Western World by Thomas H. Greer The Evolution of Civilizations by Carroll Quigley 1492 by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto Europe by Norman Davies Catastrophe by David Keys The Reign of Elizabeth by J. B. Black Civilization by Roger Osborne The Armada by Garrett Mattingly In Harm's Way by Doug Stanton The Civil War by Geoffrey C. Ward The Norman Conquest by Marc Morris The Great Halifax Explosion by John U. Bacon We Will Not Be Silent by Russell Freedman