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

4.0

Very readable account of the sixty years war between the west and the Ottoman Empire in the Mediterranean. This period of history is absolutely fascinating, an intersection between the modern artillery dominated battlefields and the medieval slugfests. There was heroism and barbarism on both sides, and this conflict eerily sets up the current conflict between jihadis and the west.

Makes me want to write something inspired by Lepanto, guy Gavriel Kay style