The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean

The Great Sea is a comprehensive and captivating history of the Mediterranean Sea, spanning from prehistory to the 21st century.

This book offers a fresh perspective by focusing on the sea itself, its practical importance for transportation and sustenance, and the dynamic role it has played in shaping human interaction.

With a cast of characters that includes sailors, merchants, migrants, pirates, and pilgrims, The Great Sea provides a detailed account of how commercial competition in the Mediterranean created both rivalries and partnerships, with merchants acting as intermediaries between cultures.

This book is teeming with colorful characters and offers a gripping, worldly, bloody, playful history of mankind, radiating scholarship and a sense of wonder and fun.

Whether you're interested in history, culture, or simply a compelling story, The Great Sea is the definitive account of perhaps the most vibrant theater of human interaction in history.