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About the Author
ROGER CROWLEY was born in 1951 and spent part of his childhood in Malta. He read English at Cambridge University. After university he taught English in Istanbul, where he developed a strong interest in the history of Turkey. He has traveled throughout the Mediterranean basin over many years and has a wide-ranging knowledge of its geography and its past. He is the author of 1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West. His website is www.rogercrowley.co.uk.
ALSO BY Roger Crowley
1453: THE HOLY WAR FOR CONSTANTINOPLE AND
THE CLASH OF ISLAM AND THE WEST
Copyright © 2008 by Roger Crowley
Maps copyright © 2008 by András Bereznay
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Crowley, Roger.
Empires of the sea: the siege of Malta, the battle of Lepanto, and the contest for the center of the world / Roger Crowley.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Naval battles—History—16th century. 2. Naval history, Modern. 3. Europe—History, Naval. 4. Islam—Relations—Christianity. 5. Christianity and other religions—Islam. I. Title.
D215.C76 2008 940.2'1—dc22 2007033794
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