{"product_id":"the-great-sea-9780141977164","title":"The Great Sea","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor over three thousand years, the Mediterranean Sea has been one of the great centres of civilization. David Abulafia''s \u003ci\u003eThe Great Sea\u003c\/i\u003e is the first complete history of the Mediterranean, from the erection of temples on Malta around 3500 BC to modern tourism. Ranging across time and the whole extraordinary space of the Mediterranean from Gibraltar to Jaffa, Genoa to Tunis, and bringing to life pilgrims, pirates, sultans and naval commanders, this is the story of the sea that has shaped much of world history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe greatest living historian of the Mediterranean -- Andrew Roberts\u003cbr\u003eA towering achievement. No review can really do justice to the scale of Abulafia's achievement: in its epic sweep, eye for detail and lucid style. -- Dominic Sandbrook * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eBrocaded with studious observation and finely-tuned scholarship, the overall effect is mesmerising. -- Ian Thomson * Independent *\u003cbr\u003eA memorable study, its scholarship tinged with indulgent humour and an authorial eye for bizarre detail. -- Jonathan Keates * Sunday Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eThe story is teeming with colourful characters, and Abulafia wears his scholarship lightly, even dashingly. -- Simon Sebag Montefiore * Financial Times *","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49399850533207,"sku":"9780141977164","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780141977164.jpg?v=1730468914","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-great-sea-9780141977164","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}