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The Middle Sea

By Norwich, John Julius

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The Middle Sea

By Norwich, John Julius

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Description
A one-volume narrative history of the Mediterranean from Ancient Egypt to 1919. Written in the racy, readable prose for which author Norwich is famous, this is colorful, character-driven history. He tackles a vast subject--vast in time, from the oldest surviving pyramid to the First World War; vast in geography, from Gibraltar to Jerusalem; and vast in culture, including as it does the civilizations of the Phoenicians, the Egyptians, Greece, Carthage, Rome and Byzantium, the Borgias and the Medicis, Muhammad and El Cid, Napoleon and Nelson, Moslems, Jews and Christians. This book is not a dry record of facts; it is a rackety read about historical figures--dissolute popes and wily emperors, noble-hearted generals and beautiful princesses. Towns are besieged and sacked, kingdoms won and lost. The narrative covers the glories of Constantinople and Venice, and the stirring history of the islands of Malta, Sicily, Crete and Cyprus.--From publisher description.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
720
Release Date:
2007-12-04
Publication Date:
2007-12-04
Publisher:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1400034280
ISBN13:
9781400034284
Weight:
653 g
Height:
134 cm
Width:
202 cm
Thickness:
37 cm
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