Victory of the West : the great Christian-Muslim clash at the Battle of Lepanto / Niccolò Capponi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Capponi, Niccolò.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lepanto, Battle of, Greece, 1571.

Physical Description:

xxxvi, 412 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Da Capo Press edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2007.

Summary:

The glow of the early afternoon sun hovered over the city of Rome, shining through the windows of the Vatican palace as Pope Pius V conversed with a group of close collaborators. The sixty-seven-year-old pontiff had many worries: Protestants were busy spreading their heresies all over Europe and the Ottomans' advance in the Mediterranean seemed unstoppable. Pius had done much to counter both perils, even managing to create a league of quarrelsome Christian princes to fight the Muslims. He knew that an allied fleet had been operating for some weeks in the Levant, and all this time the gaunt, deeply religious pope had been fasting and praying for divine aid against the Islamic menace. Suddenly Pius walked towards a window, opened it, and stood for some time looking at the sky. At length closing the shutters, he turned towards his treasurer Bartolomeo Busotti. "It is no time for business," he exclaimed, his face lit with joy. "Let us go and thank God, for this very moment our fleet has defeated the Turks."

Contents:

Dramatis Personae xxiii

1 The Waxing Crescent 7

2 A House Divided 46

3 Mediterranean Medley 60

4 Build-up to Drama 91

5 Cyprus 119

6 A League of Mistrust 153

7 The Cutting Edge 179

8 Bragadin's Hide 219

9 The 7th of October 253

10 The Phoenix's Ashes 287

Appendix 1 Battle Arrays 325

Appendix 2 Galley Armament 332.

Notes:

"First published 2006 by Macmillan"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 374-399) and index.

ISBN:

0306815443 :

9780306815447 :

OCLC:

86222610