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

4.0

An engaging and informative account of the rise of Ottoman power in the Mediterranean, and the various inconsistent and frequently self-sabotaging efforts of the Christian nations to contain or reverse that rise, culminating in the Battle of Lepanto, which was the last major naval engagement between oar-powered fleets.