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.
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| Author | David Abulafia |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Published | 2011 by Allen Lane |
| Pages | 816 pp (first edition) |
| ISBN | 978-0-713-99934-1 |
| OCLC | 689522197 |
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 edit
- ^ Lezard, Nicholas (1 May 2012). "The Great Sea by David Abulafia – review". The Guardian.
- ^ Whitmarsh, Tim (17 June 2011). "The Great Sea by David Abulafia – review". The Guardian.
- ^ Holland, Tom (15 May 2011). "The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean by David Abulafia — review". The Guardian.
- ^ "Roger Crowley review, Literary Review". literaryreview.co.uk.
- ^ "The Great Sea, By David Abulafia". independent.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2022-06-18.
- ^ Keates, Jonathan (3 May 2011). "The Great Sea by David Abulafia: review" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ "The devil and the deep blue sea". The Economist. 5 May 2011.
- ^ "The Great Sea". Financial Times.
- ^ Richard Bosworth review, Times Higher Education Supplement, August 25, 2011.
- ^ Jane Liddell-King review, Jewish Chronicle
- ^ Gilmour, David (20 April 2011). "The broken core of the western world". prospectmagazine.co.uk.
- ^ "• A great wine-dark sea of crises. - The Fortnightly Review". fortnightlyreview.co.uk. 4 November 2011.
- ^ "Professor David Abulafia, FBA — Faculty of History". www.hist.cam.ac.uk.
