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    Spice

    Roger Crowley

    The story of the sixteenth-century's epic contest for the spice trade, which propelled European maritime exploration and conquest across Asia and the Pacific

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    Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire

    Roger Crowley

    From the celebrated author of Empires of the Sea, Conquerors tells how the tiny country of Portugal set about exploring and conquering the world in the 16th Century.

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    City of Fortune: How Venice Won and Lost a Naval Empire

    Roger Crowley

    From the prize-winning author of Empires of the Sea comes an epic work of narrative maritime history.

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    Constantinople: The Last Great Siege, 1453

    Roger Crowley

    Constantinople is narrative history at its very best: an intense, extraordinary tale of courage and cruelty, technological ingenuity, endurance and luck.

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    The Accursed Tower: The Fall of Acre and the End of the Crusades

    Roger Crowley

    From a New York Times-bestselling author comes a stirring account of the siege of Acre in 1291, when the last Christian stronghold fell to the Muslim army.

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    1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West

    Roger Crowley

    When Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453, a remarkable era in world history ended. Crowley gives a complete and compelling account of the Holy War for Constantinople and…

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    Accursed Tower: The Crusaders’ Last Battle for the Holy Land

    Roger Crowley

    A thrilling history of the dramatic siege of Acre in 1291, the bloody climax to the two hundred years of the Holy Land Crusades

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    Empires of the Sea: The Final Battle for the Mediterranean, 1521-1580

    Roger Crowley

    One of the most gripping and exciting stories ever told of an epic period of international warfare, now beautifully repackaged.

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    Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire

    Roger Crowley

    From the celebrated author of Empires of the Sea, Conquerors tells how the tiny country of Portugal set about exploring and conquering the world in the 16th Century.

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    Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World

    Roger Crowley

    In 1521, Suleiman the Magnificent, Muslim ruler of the Ottoman Empire, dispatched an invasion fleet to the Christian island of Rhodes. This would prove to be the opening shot in…

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    City of Fortune: How Venice Ruled the Seas

    Roger Crowley

    Draws on firsthand accounts of pitched sea battles, skillful negotiations, and diplomatic maneuvers to offer a complete history of Venice’s centuries-long reign as a naval power and maritime trading empire.

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    1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West

    Roger Crowley

    When Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453, a remarkable era in world history ended. In this volume, Crowley gives a complete and compelling account of the Holy War…

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