The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean

The Great Sea: A Human History
of the Mediterranean
Author David Abulafia
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Published 2011 by Allen Lane
Pages 816 pp (first edition)
ISBN 978-0-713-99934-1
OCLC 689522197

The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean is an award-winning book by the British historian David Abulafia. First published in 2011, it is a history of the Mediterranean Sea from 22,000 BC to the present time, and provides one of the most comprehensive treatments of the subject since the works of Fernand Braudel.

The book has been critically acclaimed and received the Mountbatten Literary Award from the Maritime Foundation, and the British Academy Medal.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] It has so far been translated into Dutch, Greek, Turkish, Spanish, Korean, German, Italian, Romanian and Portuguese.[13]

References

  1. ↑ Nicholas Lezard review, Guardian
  2. ↑ Tim Whitmarsh review, Guardian
  3. ↑ Tom Holland review, Guardian
  4. ↑ Roger Crowley review, Literary Review
  5. ↑ Boyd Tonkin review, Independent
  6. ↑ Telegraph review
  7. ↑ Economist review
  8. ↑ Simon Sebag Montefiore review, Financial Times
  9. ↑ Richard Bosworth review, Times Higher Education Supplement
  10. ↑ Jane Liddell-King review, Jewish Chronicle
  11. ↑ David Gilmour review, Prospect
  12. ↑ Ed Voves, Fortnightly Review
  13. ↑ Author profile
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