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

4.0

This book was very interesting mostly because of how little I knew of the topic. It went through the battle with great detail which was interesting to me but might not float your boat. Overall its a four of five because I didn't find it quite at the five star level though its pretty good. I would have like to have seen a bit more for how the situation came to be but that is because I am not really into this period of history and for those who know more I presume they will find more from it. It was very interesting for me to actually read something at talk of Suleiman the Magnificent given I heard of him and his death in hungry as a living breathing individual. The big lack for me was in the lack of description of the Ottoman and Spanish empires, it only showed their conflict and leaders. I would have like to know how the bureaucracy functioned at least generally more than just centralized.