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Empires of the Sea
Random House Publishing Group 2008; US$ 16.00In 1521, Suleiman the Magnificent, Muslim ruler of the Ottoman Empire at the height of its power, dispatched an invasion fleet to the Christian island of Rhodes. This would prove to be the opening shot in an epic struggle between rival empires and faiths for control of the Mediterranean and the center of the world. In Empires of the Sea , acclaimed... more...
Empires of the Sea
Faber and Faber 2009; US$ 14.57A major success in hardback, this is one of the most gripping and exciting stories ever told of an epic period of international warfare. more...
Constantinople
Faber and Faber 2009; US$ 14.57'Engagingly fresh and vivid . . . The 21-year-old Mehmet [the Ottoman Sultan] emerges from this book as ruthless but innovative, irascible but versatile and, above all, indefatigable - a worthy successor to Alexander and the Roman emperors he admired as much as any Muslim hero.' Malise Ruthven, Sunday Times In the spring of 1453, the Ottoman... more...
City of Fortune
Random House Publishing Group 2012; US$ 32.00The rise and fall of the Venetian empire stands unrivaled for drama, intrigue, and sheer opulent majesty. In City of Fortune, Roger Crowley, acclaimed historian and New York Times bestselling author of Empires of the Sea, applies his narrative skill to chronicling the astounding five-hundred-year voyage of Venice to the pinnacle of power. ... more...
City of Fortune
Faber and Faber 2011; US$ 13.11From the prize-winning author of Empires of the Sea comes an epic work of narrative maritime history. more...
1453
Hyperion 2013; US$ 15.99A gripping exploration of the fall of Constantinople and its connection to the world we live in today. The fall of Constantinople in 1453 signaled a shift in history, and the end of the Byzantium Empire. Roger Crowley's readable and comprehensive account of the battle between Mehmed II, sultan of the Ottoman Empire, and Constantine XI, the 57th... more...
Venedig erobert die Welt
Konrad Theiss Verlag 2011; US$ 22.03Hauptbeschreibung Venedigs Macht und Mythos Jahrhundertelang war sie die reichste Stadt der Welt. Die Kreuzzüge hatten der kleinen Lagune die Möglichkeit eröffnet, als Akteur auf die Weltbühne zu treten. Die Venezianer nutzten diese Chance skrupellos und profitierten dabei reichlich. Von Flandern bis in die Levante segelten ihre Galeeren und tief... more...
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