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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.
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Turkey, Mediterranean RegionTimes
1453-1683, 16th century, 1517-1789Showing 2 featured editions. View all 2 editions?
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Empires of the sea: the final battle for the Mediterranean, 1521-1580
2009, Faber, Random, 2009.
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0571232310 9780571232314
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Originally published: 2008.
Formerly CIP.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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