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  | | The Accursed Tower The Fall of Acre and the End of the Crusades by Roger Crowley Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2019 by Basic Books ISBN-13: 978-1-5416-9734-8, ISBN: 1-5416-9734-0 "From a New York Times-bestselling author, a stirring account of the siege of Acre in 1291, when the last Christian stronghold fell to the Muslim army The 1291 siege of Acre was the Alamo of the Christian Crusades -- the final bloody battle for the Holy Land. After a desperate six weeks, the beleaguered citadel surrendered to the Mamluks, bringing an end to Christendom's two-hundred year adventure in the Middle East.In The Accursed Tower ..." |
 | | City of Fortune(Reprint) How Venice Ruled the Seas by Roger Crowley Paperback, 480 Pages, Published 2013 by Random House Trade Paperbacks ISBN-13: 978-0-8129-8022-6, ISBN: 0-8129-8022-0 "The rise and fall of Venice s empire is an irresistible story and [Roger] Crowley, with his rousing descriptive gifts and scholarly attention to detail, is its perfect chronicler. "The Financial Times" "" The "New York Times" bestselling author of "Empires of the Sea" charts Venice s astounding five-hundred-year voyage to the pinnacle of power in an epic story that stands unrivaled for drama, intrigue, and sheer opulent majesty. "City o ..." |
 | | Empires of the Sea(1st Edition) The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World by Roger Crowley, Thomas D. Clark Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2009 by Random House Trade Paperbacks ISBN-13: 978-0-8129-7764-6, ISBN: 0-8129-7764-5 "In 1521, Suleiman the Magnificent, Muslim ruler of the Ottoman Empire, dispatched an invasion fleet to the Christian island of Rhodes. This would prove to be the opening shot in an epic clash between rival empires and faiths for control of the Mediterranean and the center of the world. In Empires of the Sea, " "acclaimed historian Roger Crowley has written a thrilling account of this brutal decades-long battle between Christendom and Is ..." |
 | | 1453(Reprint) The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West by Roger Crowley Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2006 by Hachette Books Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-1-4013-0850-6, ISBN: 1-4013-0850-3 ""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 Turks advanced on Constantinople in pursuit of an ancient Islamic dream: capturing the thousand-y ..." |
 | | Conquerors(1st Edition) How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire by Roger Crowley Hardcover, 400 Pages, Published 2015 by Random House ISBN-13: 978-0-8129-9400-1, ISBN: 0-8129-9400-0 "In "Empires of the Sea "and" City of Fortune, New York Times" bestselling author Roger Crowley established himself as our generation s preeminent historian of the great European seafaring empires, and the go-to author for post-Crusade clashes of East and West. Now, in "Conquerors, " Crowley gives us the epic story of the emergence of Portugal, a small, poor nation that enjoyed a century of maritime supremacy thanks to the daring and nav ..." |
 | | Empires of the Sea The Final Battle for the Mediterranean, 1521-1580 by Roger Crowley Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2013 by Faber & Faber ISBN-13: 978-0-571-29819-8, ISBN: 0-571-29819-2 "Empires of the Sea tells the story of the fifty-year world war between Islam and Christianity for the Mediterranean: one of the fiercest and most influential contests in European history. It traces events from the appearance on the world stage of Suleiman the Magnificent-the legendary ruler of the Ottoman Empire-through "the years of devastation" when it seemed possible that Islam might master the whole sea to the final brief flourishin ..." |
 | | City of Fortune How Venice Won and Lost a Naval Empire by Roger Crowley Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 2012 by Faber And Faber ISBN-13: 978-0-571-24595-6, ISBN: 0-571-24595-1 "A magisterial work of gripping history, "City of Fortune" tells the story of the Venetian ascent from lagoon dwellers to the greatest power in the Mediterranean - an epic five hundred year voyage that encompassed crusade and trade, plague, sea battles and colonial adventure. In Venice, the path to empire unfolded in a series of extraordinary contests - the sacking of Constantinople in 1204, the fight to the finish with Genoa and a despe ..." |
 | | City of Fortune(1st Edition) How Venice Won and Lost a Naval Empire by Roger Crowley Hardcover, 405 Pages, Published 2011 by Faber & Faber International Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-571-24594-9, ISBN: 0-571-24594-3 "A magisterial work of gripping history, "City of Fortune" tells the story of the Venetian ascent from lagoon dwellers to the greatest power in the Mediterranean - an epic five hundred year voyage that encompassed crusade and trade, plague, sea battles and colonial adventure. In Venice, the path to empire unfolded in a series of extraordinary contests - the sacking of Constantinople in 1204, the fight to the finish with Genoa and a despe ..." |
 | | 1453(1st Edition) The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West by Roger Crowley Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2005 by Hachette Books ISBN-13: 978-1-4013-0191-0, ISBN: 1-4013-0191-6 "A complete and compelling account of the fall of Constantinople, the siege that gave rise to today's jihad. When Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453, a remarkable era in world history ended. Constantinople, the "city of the world's desire," was a wealthy, imperial, intimidating, and Christian city, influencing world opinion for a thousand years. The fall of Constantinople marked the end of the Byzantium Empire and the en ..." |
 | | Constantinople The Last Great Siege, 1453 by Roger Crowley Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2013 by Faber & Faber International Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-571-29820-4, ISBN: 0-571-29820-6 "[Read by Simon Prebble]A gripping exploration of the fall of Constantinople and its connection to the world we live in today, 1453 tells the story of one of the great forgotten events of world history, the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks.For a thousand years Constantinople was quite simply the city: fabulously wealthy, imperial, intimidating -- and Christian. Single-handedly it blunted early Arab enthusiasm for Holy War; whe ..." |
 | | Conquerors How Portugal Forged The First Global Empire by Roger Crowley, Michael Beschloss Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 2016 by Faber & Faber ISBN-13: 978-0-571-29090-1, ISBN: 0-571-29090-6 "As remarkable as Columbus and the conquistador expeditions, the history of Portuguese exploration is now almost forgotten. But Portugal's navigators cracked the code of the Atlantic winds, launched the expedition of Vasco da Gama to India and beat the Spanish to the spice kingdoms of the East - then set about creating the first long-range maritime empire. In an astonishing blitz of thirty years, a handful of visionary and utterly ruthle ..." |
 | | City of Fortune(1st Edition) How Venice Ruled the Seas by Roger Crowley Hardcover, 464 Pages, Published 2012 by Random House ISBN-13: 978-1-4000-6820-3, ISBN: 1-4000-6820-7 "The 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. Tracing the full arc of the Venetian imperial saga for the first time, City of Fortune is framed a ..." |
 | | Empires of the Sea(Reprint) The Final Battle for the Mediterranean, 1521-1580 by Roger Crowley Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2008 by Unknown ISBN-13: 978-0-571-23231-4, ISBN: 0-571-23231-0 "Empires of the Sea In 1521, Suleiman the Magnificent, Muslim ruler of the Ottoman Empire, 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. Full description" |
 | | Constantinople(1st Edition) The Last Great Siege 1453 by Roger Crowley, Robert Crowley Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2006 by Faber And Faber Import ISBN-13: 978-0-571-22186-8, ISBN: 0-571-22186-6 "Now in trade paperback, a 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 emperor of Byzantium, illuminates the period in history that was a pre ..." |
 | | Accursed Tower The Crusaders' Last Battle for the Holy Land (Paperback) by Roger Crowley Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2020 by Yale University Press, United States ISBN-13: 978-0-300-25480-8, ISBN: 0-300-25480-6 "Crowley's narrative is based on forensic research, drawing heavily on little known first hand sources, both Christian and Arabic. This is a fast-paced and gripping account of a pivotal moment in world history." |
 | | The Accursed Tower The Fall of Acre and the End of the Crusades (Compact Disc) by Roger Crowley Published 2019 by Basic Books, United States ISBN-13: 978-1-5491-2879-0, ISBN: 1-5491-2879-5 |
 | | The Conquerors How Portugal Seized the Indian Ocean and Forged the First Global Empire by Roger Crowley Hardcover, 426 Pages, Published 2015 by Faber & Faber ISBN-13: 978-0-571-29089-5, ISBN: 0-571-29089-2 "As remarkable as Columbus and the conquistador expeditions, the history of Portuguese exploration is now almost forgotten. But Portugal's navigators cracked the code of the Atlantic winds, launched the expedition of Vasco da Gama to India and beat the Spanish to the spice kingdoms of the East - then set about creating the first long-range maritime empire. In an astonishing blitz of thirty years, a handful of visionary and utterly ruthle ..." |
 | | City of Fortune How Venice Ruled the Seas: How Venice Ruled the Seas by Roger Crowley Hardcover, 418 Pages, Published 2012 by Random House ISBN-13: 978-0-679-64426-2, ISBN: 0-679-64426-1 "The lords of the Dalmatian coast were embarked on the ascent. ... Through its warehouses on the Golden Horn flowed the wealth of the wider world: Russian furs, wax, slaves, and caviar; spices from India and China; ivory, silk, precious stones ..." |
 | | 'EMPIRES OF THE SEA(1st Edition) THE FINAL BATTLE FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN, 1521-1580' by Roger Crowley Hardcover, 368 Pages, Published 2008 by Faber & Faber Limited ISBN-13: 978-0-571-23230-7, ISBN: 0-571-23230-2 "In 1521, Suleiman the Magnificent, Muslim ruler of the Ottoman Empire, dispatched an invasion fleet to the Christian island of Rhodes. This would prove to be the opening shot in an epic clash between rival empires and faiths for control of the Mediterranean and the center of the world. In Empires of the Sea, acclaimed historian Roger Crowley has written a thrilling account of this brutal decades-long battle between Christendom and Islam ..." |
 | | Constantinople(1st Edition) The Last Great Siege 1453 by Roger Crowley Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2005 by Faber And Faber Import ISBN-13: 978-0-571-22185-1, ISBN: 0-571-22185-8 "[Read by Simon Prebble]A gripping exploration of the fall of Constantinople and its connection to the world we live in today, 1453 tells the story of one of the great forgotten events of world history, the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks.For a thousand years Constantinople was quite simply the city: fabulously wealthy, imperial, intimidating -- and Christian. Single-handedly it blunted early Arab enthusiasm for Holy War; whe ..." |
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