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.
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
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