Empires of the Sea: The Final Battle for the Mediterranean, 1521-1580 by Roger Crowley

Empires of the Sea: The Final Battle for the Mediterranean, 1521-1580

Roger Crowley

350 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous fast-paced
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In 1521, Suleiman the Magnificent, ruler of the Ottoman Empire at the height of its power, despatched an invasion fleet to the island of Rhodes. This was the opening shot in an epic struggle between rival empires and faiths, and the ensuing battle...

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