List of products by manufacturer CROWLEY, Roger

Roger Crowley is a U.K.-based writer and historian and a graduate of Cambridge University. As the child of a naval family, his fascination with maritime and world history 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 Byzantines, Venetian, and Ottoman empires, seafaring and eyewitness history. He is the author of four books on the empires of the Mediterranean and its surroundings: 1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West; Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World; City of Fortune: How Venice Ruled the Seas; and Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the Worlds First Global Empire. (Source: "City of Fortune: How Venice Ruled the Seas, 2012, Random House.)