Empires of the Sea: The Final Battle for the Mediterranean - Tapa dura

"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.

Praise for Constantinople: ‘A powerful telling of an extraordinary story.’ Noel Malcolm, Sunday Telegraph ‘Moving and convincing. Crowley gets you by the throat . . . as he leads his story to a nail-biting close.’ Jason Goodwin, Literary Review ‘Narrative history at its most enthralling.’ Christopher Silvester, Daily Express