The Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean

ISBN-13: 9781844133086 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 688 str.

John Julius Norwich

Opis

This text examines characters from the history of the Mediterranean - dissolute popes and wily emperors, generals and queens who were powers behind the throne. It also deals with naval and military history - from the Crusades to the expulsion of the Moors from Spain.

Recenzje

Norwich is a superb narrative historian...With Norwich on the Mediterranean we sense that we are accompanied by an old friend. You can take your Blue Guide, or your Rough Guide, anywhere you like; but if you are planning to go anywhere south of the Alps and north of the Sahara...this is your book Jason Goodwin Literary Review

O autorze

John Julius Norwich is the author of histories of Norman Sicily, the Republic of Venice, the Byzantine Empire and, most recently,The Popes: A History. He has also written on architecture, music and the history plays of Shakespeare, and has presented some thirty historical documentaries on BBC Television.