· The author of our highly readable and entertaining core book, The Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean, John Julius Norwich, is the author of well-received and fascinating histories of Sicily, Venice and Byzantium. In this ambitious work, he undertakes to cover the history of the entire Mediterranean from ancient Greece to the First World. Buy a cheap copy of The Middle Sea: A History of the book by John Julius Norwich. This lively and dramatic book brings roaring to life the grand sweep of 5, years of history in the cradle of civilization. A wonderfully illustrated account of Free Shipping on all orders over $ · John Julius Norwich has visited every country around its shores; now he tells the story of the Middle Sea - a tale that begins with the Pharaohs and ends with the Treaty of Versailles - in a dramatic account of the remarkable civilisations that rose and fell on the lands of the Mediterranean.
This lively and dramatic book brings roaring to life the grand sweep of 5, years of history in the cradle of civilization. A colorful account of the civilizations that rose and fell on the lands bordering the Mediterranean, The Middle Sea represents the culmination of a great historian's unparalleled art and scholarship. John Julius Norwich provides brilliant portraits of the Phoenicians. He details the antagonism between the Muslim world and the Christian world and the effect of the various crusades. He continues through into the Renaissance and toward modern times and the creation of the familiar countries that surround the Middle Sea. John Julius Norwich has a gift for narration and characterization that makes history come alive. John Julius Cooper, 2nd Viscount Norwich, CVO (15 September - 1 June ), known as John Julius Norwich, was an English popular historian, travel writer, and television personality. Background. Norwich was born at the The Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean.
John Julius Norwich. Home. No Naked Ads - Here! The middle sea a history.., p The Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean, page 1 Select Voice: Brian (uk). The Mediterranean has nurtured three of the most dazzling civilisations of antiquity, witnessed the birth or growth of three of our greatest religions and links three of the world’s six continents. This work tells the story of the Middle Sea itself – a story that begins with the Phoenicians and the Pharaohs and ends with the Treaty of Versailles. Beginning with the island of Crete, Norwich charts the rise and fall of the Greco-Roman world; he seamlessly mirrors the decline of the Roman. Overview. This lively and dramatic book brings roaring to life the grand sweep of 5, years of history in the cradle of civilization. A wonderfully illustrated account of the civilizations that rose and fell on the lands bordering the Mediterranean, The Middle Sea represents the culmination of a great historian’s unparalleled art and scholarship. John Julius Norwich provides brilliant portraits of the Phoenicians, the Egyptians, the Greeks, the Romans, the Byzantines, the Arabs, the.
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