Praise for Roger Crowley's Conquerors

Congratulations to Roger Crowley whose Conquerors: How Portugal Seized the Indian Ocean and Forged the First Global Empire was chosen as one of the ‘top ten history titles this autumn’ in this weekend’s Sunday Times. BBC History Magazine have called it ‘Fast-paced and vivid narrative…a fascinating account of the rise of an empire.’

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Roger Crowley

Roger Crowley

Roger Crowley was born in 1951 and educated at Cambridge University. As the child of a naval family, early experiences of life in Malta gave him a deep interest in the history and culture of the Mediterranean world. After finishing school he spent his summers pottering in Greece; after university...More about Roger Crowley