David Abulafia is Professor of Mediterranean History at the University of Cambridge, and a fellow of Gonville and Caius College, and was until recently Chairman of the Cambridge History Faculty. His previous books include Frederick II and The Western Mediterranean Kingdoms. He is a member of the Academia Europaea, and in 2003 was made Commendatore dell'Ordine della Stella della Solidarietà Italiana in recognition of his work on Italian and Mediterranean history.
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.
*Sunday Times*
Brocaded with studious observation and finely-tuned scholarship,
the overall effect is mesmerising.
*Independent*
A memorable study, its scholarship tinged with indulgent humour and
an authorial eye for bizarre detail.
*Sunday Telegraph*
The story is teeming with colourful characters, and Abulafia wears
his scholarship lightly, even dashingly.
*Financial Times*
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