The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean explained

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 a 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, Arabic, Korean, German, Italian, Romanian and Portuguese.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Great Sea by David Abulafia – review. Nicholas. Lezard. 1 May 2012. The Guardian.
  2. Web site: The Great Sea by David Abulafia – review. Tim. Whitmarsh. 17 June 2011. The Guardian.
  3. Web site: The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean by David Abulafia — review. Tom. Holland. 15 May 2011. The Guardian.
  4. Web site: Roger Crowley review, Literary Review. literaryreview.co.uk.
  5. Web site: The Great Sea, By David Abulafia. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-great-sea-by-david-abulafia-7873042.html . 2022-06-18 . subscription . live. independent.co.uk.
  6. Web site: The Great Sea by David Abulafia: review. Jonathan. Keates. 3 May 2011. www.telegraph.co.uk.
  7. Web site: The devil and the deep blue sea. The Economist. 5 May 2011 .
  8. Web site: The Great Sea. Financial Times.
  9. http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/417197.article Richard Bosworth review, Times Higher Education Supplement
  10. http://www.thejc.com/arts/books/52158/review-david-abulafia Jane Liddell-King review, Jewish Chronicle
  11. Web site: The broken core of the western world. David. Gilmour. prospectmagazine.co.uk. 20 April 2011.
  12. Web site: • A great wine-dark sea of crises. - The Fortnightly Review. 4 November 2011. fortnightlyreview.co.uk.
  13. Web site: Professor David Abulafia, FBA — Faculty of History. www.hist.cam.ac.uk.

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