Название: Empires of the Sea: The Final Battle for the Mediterranean, 1521–1580Автор: Roger Crowley
Издательство: Faber & Faber
Год: 2009
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 343
Размер: 56,17 Мб
Язык: английский
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.