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- Published: 23 April 2014
- ISBN: 9780141977164
- Imprint: Penguin Press
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 816
- RRP: $30.00
The Great Sea
A Human History of the Mediterranean
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- Published: 23 April 2014
- ISBN: 9780141977164
- Imprint: Penguin Press
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 816
- RRP: $30.00
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