Roger Crowley

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Roger Crowley (born June 28, 1951 ) is a British author of historical non-fiction books in popular style.

Life

Roger Crowley comes from a seafaring family, he grew up temporarily in Malta . He studied English literature at Cambridge and lived for some time in Greece and Istanbul. In 1981 he received the Eric Gregory Award for his poetry . Crowley has authored several popular books on the naval wars and conquests of European powers in modern times since 2005. Crowley lives in Gloucestershire .

Fonts (selection)

Frans Hogenberg : Fantasy picture of the battle of Tunis 1535 .
Illustration in Crowley's Empires of the Sea
  • 1453: the holy war for Constantinople and the clash of Islam and the West . New York: Hyperion, 2005
    • Constantinople 1453: the last battle . Translation Helmut Dierlamm; Hans Freundl. Stuttgart: Theiss, 2008
  • Empires of the sea: the siege of Malta, the battle of Lepanto, and the contest for the center of the world . New York: Random House, 2008
    • Decision in the Mediterranean: Europe's naval war against the Ottoman Empire 1521-1580 . Translation Hans Freundl; Norbert Juraschitz. Stuttgart: Theiss, 2009
  • City of fortune: how Venice ruled the seas . New York: Random House, 2011
    • Venice conquers the world: the Doge Republic between power and intrigue . Translation Hans Freundl; Heike Schlatterer. Stuttgart: Theiss, 2011
  • Conquerors: how Portugal forged the first global empire . New York: Random House, 2015
    • The Conquerors: Portugal's Struggle for a World Empire . Translation Norbert Juraschitz; Hans Freundl. Darmstadt: Theiss, 2016

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Poem Gas after Edward Hopper , in: Poetry Durham , Winter 1986/87, p. 11. Short biography p. 32
  2. ↑ Roger Crowley , at goodreads
personal data
SURNAME Crowley, Roger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1951