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Roger Crowley
Roger Crowley is a UK-based writer and historian and a graduate of Cambridge University. As the child of a naval family, his fascination with the Mediterranean world started early, on the island of Malta. He has lived in Istanbul, walked across much of western Turkey, and traveled widely... show more



Roger Crowley is a UK-based writer and historian and a graduate of Cambridge University. As the child of a naval family, his fascination with the Mediterranean world started early, on the island of Malta. He has lived in Istanbul, walked across much of western Turkey, and traveled widely throughout the region. His particular interests are the Byzantine, Venetian, and Ottoman empires, seafaring, and eyewitness history. He is the author of three books on the empires of the Mediterranean and its surroundings: 1453: The Holy War for Constantinople (2005), Empires of the Sea (2008) and City of Fortune: How Venice Ruled the Waves (2012).His website address is www.rogercrowley.co.uk, where he blogs about history. Click on 'Visit Amazon's Roger Crowley page' above to see a short video on City of Fortune.

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Roger Crowley's Books
1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West - Roger Crowley City of Fortune: How Venice Won and Lost a Naval Empire - Roger Crowley Conquerors: How Portugal seized the Indian Ocean and Forged the First Global Empire - Roger Crowley Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire - Roger Crowley Empires of the Sea: The Final Battle for the Mediterranean, 1521-1580 - Roger Crowley
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Conquerors: How Portugal seized the Indian Ocean and Forged the First Global Empire - Roger Crowley
Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire - Roger Crowley
Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire - Roger Crowley
City of Fortune: How Venice Ruled the Seas - Roger Crowley
Constantinople: The Last Great Siege, 1453 - Roger Crowley
Empires of the Sea: The Final Battle for the Mediterranean, 1521-1580 - Roger Crowley
City of Fortune: How Venice Ruled the Seas - Roger Crowley
City of Fortune: How Venice Ruled the Seas - Roger Crowley
1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West - Roger Crowley
City of Fortune: How Venice Won and Lost a Naval Empire - Roger Crowley
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Tolle Lege!.
Tolle Lege!. rated it 8 years ago
text 1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West
What an inspiring story. The characters on both side of the conflict are amazing. I'd rank this story of the last battle for Constantinople with the Greeks at Thermopylae, or the Texans at the Alamo. The greatness that lies within us may seem dormant at times, but we are all capable of rising to the...
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Lagraziana's Kalliopeion
Lagraziana's Kalliopeion rated it 9 years ago
text The Fall of the Byzantine Empire: Constantinople by Roger Crowley
With thousands of refugees streaming to Europe along with (mostly illegal) immigrants and with terrorism being a futile though popular kind of “battle” preferably used by those who know nothing but violence to make their point, there is much talk about the clash of cultures. The most obvious tension...
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Elentarri's Book Blog
Elentarri's Book Blog rated it 10 years ago
text Constantinople: The Last Great Siege, 1453
Constantinople: The Last Great Siege, 1453 Well written book about the fall of Constantinople.
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Iris on Books
Iris on Books rated it 13 years ago
text Mesmerized
[Review copy from the publisher. Review originally published here.]A few years ago, I took a course called “Psychology of Religion”. During that course we discussed several psychological theories on religion or religious phenomena. We discussed early developers of psychology, including Freud, and on...
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