The Great Sea

A Human History of the Mediterranean

By: David Abulafia

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Paperback | 23 April 2014 | Edition Number 1

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816 Pages

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For over three thousand years, the Mediterranean Sea has been one of the great centres of civilization. David Abulafia's The Great Sea is the first complete history of the Mediterranean, from the erection of temples on Malta around 3500 BC to modern tourism. Ranging across time and the whole extraordinary space of the Mediterranean from Gibraltar to Jaffa, Genoa to Tunis, and bringing to life pilgrims, pirates, sultans and naval commanders, this is the story of the sea that has shaped much of world history. The top Sunday Times History Book of the Year 2011 Winner of the Mountbatten Literary Award for the Best Book About the Sea 2011 Winner of the British Academy Medal for Outstanding Achievement 2013 'Teeming with colourful characters . . . at its heart, this is a history of mankind - gripping, worldly, bloody, playful.' Simon Sebag Montefiore, Financial Times 'An extraordinary achievement . . . written with lucidity as well as authority. Noel Malcolm, Sunday Telegraph Book of the Year 'A sensationally sweeping book . . . This magnificent history shows how a narrow strip of sea became a meeting place of civilizations.' Tom Holland, Observer 'The greatest living historian of the Mediterranean.' Andrew Roberts 'This magnificent new history celebrates sea-faring nationalities of bewildering mixed bloods and ethnicities . . . the effect is mesmerising.' Ian Thomson, Independent

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The greatest living historian of the Mediterranean -- Andrew Roberts
A towering achievement. No review can really do justice to the scale of Abulafia's achievement: in its epic sweep, eye for detail and lucid style. -- Dominic Sandbrook * Sunday Times *
Brocaded with studious observation and finely-tuned scholarship, the overall effect is mesmerising. -- Ian Thomson * Independent *
A memorable study, its scholarship tinged with indulgent humour and an authorial eye for bizarre detail. -- Jonathan Keates * Sunday Telegraph *
The story is teeming with colourful characters, and Abulafia wears his scholarship lightly, even dashingly. -- Simon Sebag Montefiore * Financial Times *

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