Author: Bicheno, Hugh.
Title: Crescent and Cross: The Battle of Lepanto 1571.
Description: London Phoenix, 2004. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white & colour photos, maps, corners little creased few pages, minor edgewear. 333 pp. On the morning of 7 October 1571, at the mouth of a gulf in western Greece, the fleets of the Muslim Ottoman Empire and the Roman Catholic Holy League collided in the last great battle ever to be fought between oared fighting ships. The Battle of Lepanto was the outstanding military event in a 16th century marked by constant warfare, and the greatest single battle ever fought between crescent and cross. ISBN: 1842127535

Keywords: history, military, transport, maritime, lepanto, christianity, europe, greece, middle east, turkey, ottoman empire, islam 1842127535


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