HOLY WAR
Subtitle: HOW VASCO DA GAMA'S EPIC VOYAGES TURNED THE TIDE IN A CENTURIES-OLD CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 548
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: List of Illustrations, ix; title: Author's Note, xi; title: Prologue, 1; title: PART I: ORIGINS; title: Chapter; title: I, East and West, 11; title: 2, The Holy Land, 31; title: 3, A Family War, 50; title: 4, The Ocean Sea, 70; title: 5, The End of the World, 92; title: 6, The Rivals, 121; title: PART II; EXPLORATIONS; title: 7, The Commander, 155; title: 8, Learning the Ropes, 171; title: 9, The Swahili Coast, 188; title: 10, Riding the Monsoon, 213; title: 11, Kidnap, 232; title: 12, Dangers and Dwlights, 245; title: 13, A Venetian in Lisbon, 272; title: PART III: CRUSADES; title: 14, The Admiral of India, 297; title: 15, Shock and Awe, 316; title: 16, Standoff at Sea, 337; title: 17, Empire of the Waves, 354; title: 18, The King's Deputy, 375; title: 19, The Crazy Sea, 390; title: Epilogue, 407; title: Acknowledgments, 422; title: Notes, 424; title: Select Bibliography, 512; title: Index, 527