Empires of the sea
By: Roger Crowley
Publisher: Clipper Large Print
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Rearsby
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781407437453
Subjects: Large type books; History; Naval History; Military History
Description: In 1521, Suleiman the Magnificent, ruler of the Ottoman Empire at the height of its power, despatched an invasion fleet to the island of Rhodes. This was the opening shot in an epic struggle between rival empires and faiths, and the ensuing battle for control of the Mediterranean would last sixty years. Empires of the Sea tells the story of this great contest. Its brutal climax came between 1565 and 1571, six years that witnessed a fight to the finish, decided in a series of bloody set pieces: the epic siege of Malta; the battle for Cyprus; and the apocalyptic last-ditch defence of southern Europe at Lepanto - one of the single most shocking days in world history that fixed the frontiers of the Mediterranean world we know today.
Notes: Originally published: London: Faber, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : Ptolemy's map; title: pt. I. Caesars : the contest for the sea; title: The sultan pays a visit; title: A supplication; title: 'The king of evil'; title: The voyage to Tunis; title: Doria and Barbarossa; title: The Turkish sea; title: pt. II. Epicentre: the battle for Malta; title: Nest of vipers; title: Invasion fleet; title: The post of death; title: The ravelin of Europe; title: The last swimmers; title: Payback; title: Trench wars; title: 'Malta Yok'; title: pt. III. Endgame : hurtling to Lepanto; title: The Pope's dream; title: A head in a dish; title: Famagusta; title: Christ's general; title: Snakes to a charm; title: 'Let's fight'; title: Sea of fire; title: Other oceans; title: Epilogue : Traces.