The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean

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 Great Sea: A Human History
of the Mediterranean
AuthorDavid Abulafia
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Published2011 by Allen Lane
Pages816 pp (first edition)
ISBN978-0-713-99934-1
OCLC689522197

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]

Notes and references
  1. Lezard, Nicholas (1 May 2012). "The Great Sea by David Abulafia – review". the Guardian.
  2. Whitmarsh, Tim (17 June 2011). "The Great Sea by David Abulafia – review". the Guardian.
  3. Holland, Tom (15 May 2011). "The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean by David Abulafia — review". the Guardian.
  4. "Roger Crowley review, Literary Review". literaryreview.co.uk.
  5. "The Great Sea, By David Abulafia". independent.co.uk.
  6. Keates, Jonathan (3 May 2011). "The Great Sea by David Abulafia: review" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  7. "The devil and the deep blue sea". The Economist.
  8. "Subscribe to read". Financial Times.
  9. Richard Bosworth review, Times Higher Education Supplement
  10. Jane Liddell-King review, Jewish Chronicle
  11. Gilmour, David. "The broken core of the western world". prospectmagazine.co.uk.
  12. "• A great wine-dark sea of crises. - The Fortnightly Review". fortnightlyreview.co.uk. 4 November 2011.
  13. [email protected]. "Professor David Abulafia, FBA — Faculty of History". www.hist.cam.ac.uk.
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