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Roger Crowley

Empires of the Sea

Hay Festival 2009, Friday 22 May 2009, 4pm

In the sixteenth century the Mediterranean became the battleground for a titanic maritime struggle between Islam and Christianity. Roger Crowley brings to life this extraordinary confrontation, which set frontiers that hold to this day.

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