# Empires of the Sea

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- Book: [Empires of the Sea](https://www.bookquiver.com/roger-crowley/empires-of-the-sea) ([Empires of the Sea.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/roger-crowley/empires-of-the-sea.md))
- Authors: [Roger Crowley](https://www.bookquiver.com/roger-crowley)
- Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
- ISBN: 978-08-1297-764-6
- Pages: 368
- Published: 2009-05-12
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In 1521, Suleiman the Magnificent, Muslim ruler of the Ottoman Empire, dispatched an invasion fleet to the Christian island of Rhodes. This would prove to be the opening shot in an epic clash between rival...