Victory of the West : The Great Christian-Muslim Clash at the Battle of Lepanto
                        
                     
                                            
                            
                                                                by Niccolo Capponi
                                                                
                                    2020-03-20 16:36:10
                                
                                
                             
                         
                                     
                
                    Victory of the West : The Great Christian-Muslim Clash at the Battle of Lepanto
                                            
                                                            by Niccolo Capponi
                                                        
                                2020-03-20 16:36:10
                            
                            
                         
                                        
                                                                                                When the heavily manned fleet of the Ottoman Empire met the ships of a fragile coalition of Christian European states in 1571, the waters off the coast of Greece, they say, ran red with blood.” It was a victory of the West-the first major...
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                                                When the heavily manned fleet of the Ottoman Empire met the ships of a fragile coalition of Christian European states in 1571, the waters off the coast of Greece, they say, ran red with blood.” It was a victory of the West-the first major victory of Europeans against the Ottoman Empire. In this compelling piece of narrative history, Niccolò Capponi describes the underlying clash of cultures and takes a fresh look at the bloody struggle between oared fighting galleys and determined men of faith. As a description of the age-old conflict between Christianity and Islam, it is a story which resonates today.
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