Name: The Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean
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Author: John Julius Norwich
ISBN: 9781400034284

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The Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean

Type

Physical Book

Author

John Julius Norwich

Publisher

Vintage

Year

2007

Language

English

Pages

667

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.4 x 13.2 x 3.7 cm

Weight

0.66 kg.

ISBN

1400034280

ISBN13

9781400034284

Synopsis "The Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean "

This lively and dramatic book brings roaring to life the grand sweep of 5,000 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 French, the Venetians, the Popes, and the pirates of the Gulf. Above all, he deftly traces the intermingling of ancient conflicts and modern sensibilities that shapes life today on the shores of the Middle Sea.

John Julius Norwich

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John Julius Norwich (1929-2018) studied at New College, Oxford, and in 1952, joined the Foreign Office, where he was posted to the British embassies in Belgrade and Beirut. He participated in the British delegation at the Geneva Disarmament Conference. In 1964, he left his diplomatic career to focus on writing. He authored more than twenty books on the history of Europe and the Mediterranean, and his trilogy on the Byzantine Empire is one of the reference texts for that historical period. Lord Norwich was a member of the Royal Society of Literature, the Royal Geographical Society, and the Society of Antiquaries and, in 1993, was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order and belonged to the Executive Committee of the National Trust.

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