About the Author

Roger Crowley was born in 1951 and spent part of his childhood in Malta. He read English at Cambridge University and taught English in Istanbul, where he developed a strong interest in the history of Turkey. He has traveled extensively throughout the Mediterranean basin over many years and has a wide-ranging knowledge of its history and culture. He lives in Gloucestershire, England. He is also the author of 1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and The Clash of Islam and the West and Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World.

Reviews

Praise for City of Fortune

Crowley...writes with a racy briskness that lifts sea battles and sieges off the page, so much so that at times his sentences seem in danger of bursting their seams New York Times Book Review


Roger Crowley chronicles the peak of Venice's past glory with Wordsworthian sympathy, supplemented by impressive learning and infectious enthusiasm. Wall Street Journal 'Venice receives a stirring account from British historian Crowley An action-packed political and military history." Kirkus Reviews

Praise for Roger Crowley s Empires of the Sea

Crowley has an astonishing gift for narration; his account is as exciting as any thriller. John Julius Norwich, The Wall Street Journal
Crowley s page-turner history . . . deserves to be this [season s] most recommended nonfiction book. . . . Rich in character, action, surprise, what transpired in those few desperate weeks is one of history s best and most thrilling stories. The Dallas Morning News
[Crowley] offers exquisitely delicate insights and undulating descriptive passages. Yet in his descriptions of the battles, his prose is so taut and tense, it is impossible not to be caught up in the harrowing action. The Christian Science Monitor
A masterly narrative that captures the religious fervor, brutality and mayhem of this intensive contest. Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Gripping . . . This is a rare combination of a history book that reads with the detail, insight and pace of a novel. The Tampa Tribune"

Praise for "City of Fortune"
Crowley...writes with a racy briskness that lifts sea battles and sieges off the page, so much so that at times his sentences seem in danger of bursting their seams "New York Times Book Review" Roger Crowley chronicles the peak of Venice's past glory with Wordsworthian sympathy, supplemented by impressive learning and infectious enthusiasm. W"all Street Journal" 'Venice receives a stirring account from British historian Crowley An action-packed political and military history." "Kirkus Reviews"
Praise for Roger Crowley s "Empires of the Sea"
Crowley has an astonishing gift for narration; his account is as exciting as any thriller. John Julius Norwich, "The Wall Street Journal "
Crowley s page-turner history . . . deserves to be this [season s] most recommended nonfiction book. . . . Rich in character, action, surprise, what transpired in those few desperate weeks is one of history s best and most thrilling stories. "The Dallas Morning News"
[Crowley] offers exquisitely delicate insights and undulating descriptive passages. Yet in his descriptions of the battles, his prose is so taut and tense, it is impossible not to be caught up in the harrowing action. "The Christian Science Monitor"
A masterly narrative that captures the religious fervor, brutality and mayhem of this intensive contest. "Kirkus Reviews" (starred review)
Gripping . . . This is a rare combination of a history book that reads with the detail, insight and pace of a novel. "The Tampa Tribune""

Praise for "City of Fortune"
"Crowley...writes with a racy briskness that lifts sea battles and sieges off the page, so much so that at times his sentences seem in danger of bursting their seams" -- "New York Times Book Review" "Roger Crowley chronicles the peak of Venice's past glory with Wordsworthian sympathy, supplemented by impressive learning and infectious enthusiasm." -- W"all Street Journal"

'Venice receives a stirring account from British historian Crowley...An action-packed political and military history." -- "Kirkus Reviews"
Praise for Roger Crowley's "Empires of the Sea"
"Crowley has an astonishing gift for narration; his account is as exciting as any thriller."--John Julius Norwich, "The Wall Street Journal "
"Crowley's page-turner history . . . deserves to be this [season's] most recommended nonfiction book. . . . Rich in character, action, surprise, what transpired in those few desperate weeks is one of history's best and most thrilling stories."--"The Dallas Morning News"
"[Crowley] offers exquisitely delicate insights and undulating descriptive passages. Yet in his descriptions of the battles, his prose is so taut and tense, it is impossible not to be caught up in the harrowing action."--"The Christian Science Monitor"
"A masterly narrative that captures the religious fervor, brutality and mayhem of this intensive contest."--"Kirkus Reviews" (starred review)
"Gripping . . . This is a rare combination of a history book that reads with the detail, insight and pace of a novel."--"The Tampa Tribune"

Praise for "City of Fortune"

"Crowley...writes with a racy briskness that lifts sea battles and sieges off the page, so much so that at times his sentences seem in danger of bursting their seams" -- "New York Times Book Review"


"Roger Crowley chronicles the peak of Venice's past glory with Wordsworthian sympathy, supplemented by impressive learning and infectious enthusiasm." -- W"all Street Journal"


'Venice receives a stirring account from British historian Crowley...An action-packed political and military history." -- "Kirkus Reviews"

Praise for Roger Crowley's "Empires of the Sea"

"Crowley has an astonishing gift for narration; his account is as exciting as any thriller."--John Julius Norwich, "The Wall Street Journal "

"Crowley's page-turner history . . . deserves to be this [season's] most recommended nonfiction book. . . . Rich in character, action, surprise, what transpired in those few desperate weeks is one of history's best and most thrilling stories."--"The Dallas Morning News"

"[Crowley] offers exquisitely delicate insights and undulating descriptive passages. Yet in his descriptions of the battles, his prose is so taut and tense, it is impossible not to be caught up in the harrowing action."--"The Christian Science Monitor"

"A masterly narrative that captures the religious fervor, brutality and mayhem of this intensive contest."--"Kirkus Reviews" (starred review)

"Gripping . . . This is a rare combination of a history book that reads with the detail, insight and pace of a novel."--"The Tampa Tribune"

Praise for Roger Crowley's "Empires of the Sea"

"Crowley has an astonishing gift for narration; his account is as exciting as any thriller."--John Julius Norwich, "The Wall Street Journal "

"Crowley's page-turner history . . . deserves to be this [season's] most recommended nonfiction book. . . . Rich in character, action, surprise, what transpired in those few desperate weeks is one of history's best and most thrilling stories."--"The Dallas Morning News"

"[Crowley] offers exquisitely delicate insights and undulating descriptive passages. Yet in his descriptions of the battles, his prose is so taut and tense, it is impossible not to be caught up in the harrowing action."--"The Christian Science Monitor"

"A masterly narrative that captures the religious fervor, brutality and mayhem of this intensive contest."--"Kirkus Reviews" (starred review)

"Gripping . . . This is a rare combination of a history book that reads with the detail, insight and pace of a novel."--"The Tampa Tribune"

Praise for Roger Crowley's "Empires of the Sea"
"Crowley has an astonishing gift for narration; his account is as exciting as any thriller."--John Julius Norwich, "The Wall Street Journal "
"Crowley's page-turner history . . . deserves to be this [season's] most recommended nonfiction book. . . . Rich in character, action, surprise, what transpired in those few desperate weeks is one of history's best and most thrilling stories."--"The Dallas Morning News"
"[Crowley] offers exquisitely delicate insights and undulating descriptive passages. Yet in his descriptions of the battles, his prose is so taut and tense, it is impossible not to be caught up in the harrowing action."--"The Christian Science Monitor"
"A masterly narrative that captures the religious fervor, brutality and mayhem of this intensive contest."--"Kirkus Reviews" (starred review)
"Gripping . . . This is a rare combination of a history book that reads with the detail, insight and pac