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A wonderfully concise and readable, yet comprehensive, history of the Mediterranean Sea, the perfect companion for any visitor -- or indeed, anyone compelled to stay at home.

''The grand object of travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean.''
Samuel Johnson, 1776

The Mediterranean has always been a leading stage for world history; it is also visited each year by tens of millions of tourists, both local and international. Jeremy Black provides an account in which the experience of travel is foremost: travel for tourism, for trade, for war, for migration, for culture, or, as so often, for a variety of reasons. Travellers have always had a variety of goals and situations, from rulers to slaves, merchants to pirates, and Black covers them all, from Phoenicians travelling for trade to the modern tourist sailing for pleasure and cruising in great comfort.

Throughout the book the emphasis is on the sea, on coastal regions and on port cities v

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A Brief History of the Mediterranean

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      Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
      Published 2 July 2020
      ISBN-13 9781472144409
      978-1472144409
      ISBN-10 1472144406
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A wonderfully concise and readable, yet comprehensive, history of the Mediterranean Sea, the perfect companion for any visitor -- or indeed, anyone compelled to stay at home.

      ''      The grand object of travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean.''
      Samuel Johnson, 1776

      The Mediterranean has always been a leading stage for world history; it is also visited each year by tens of millions of tourists, both local and international. Jeremy Black provides an account in which the experience of travel is foremost: travel for tourism, for trade, for war, for migration, for culture, or, as so often, for a variety of reasons. Travellers have always had a variety of goals and situations, from rulers to slaves, merchants to pirates, and Black covers them all, from Phoenicians travelling for trade to the modern tourist sailing for pleasure and cruising in great comfort.

      Throughout the book the emphasis is on the sea, on coastal regions and on port cities v

      Trade Review
      Praise for Jeremy Black's The Holocaust

      'A demanding but important work.'

      Praise for Jeremy Black's Insurgency and Counterinsurgency: A Global History

      'A significant and timely contribution to understanding the new meaning of war.' - Choice

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