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The middle sea : a history of the Mediterranean / John Julius Norwich. Norwich, John Julius, 1929-2018, author.
London : Vintage Books, 2007.
xviii, 667 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, genealogical tables ; 20 cm
This text examines characters from the history of the Mediterranean - dissolute popes and wily emperors, generals and queens who were powers behind the throne. It also deals with naval and military history - from the Crusades to the expulsion of the Moors from Spain.