- Published: 1 August 2016
- ISBN: 9780141978376
- Imprint: Penguin Press
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 640
- RRP: $29.99
Agents Of Empire
Knights, Corsairs, Jesuits And Spies In The Sixteenth-Century Mediterranean World
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- Published: 1 August 2016
- ISBN: 9780141978376
- Imprint: Penguin Press
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 640
- RRP: $29.99
Dazzling . . . a work of astonishing richness and detail . . . Agents of Empire uses the intertwined stories of two Albanian families – the Brunis and the Brutis – as a prism through which to view the contacts and the conflicts that made the early modern Mediterranean
John Gallagher, Guardian
Astonishing . . . an exceptional, enthralling book . . . The best introduction to the 16th-century Mediterranean since Fernand Braudel
David Wootton, Wall Street Journal
Triumphant . . . arrestingly re-orders the perspective of the Renaissance Mediterranean world
Jonathan Keates, The Times Literary Supplement, Books of the Year
Stories of triumph and tragedy as compelling as any in fiction
Felipe Fernández-Armesto, Literary Review
I can't tell you how good it is, a future classic
Christopher Howse, Daily Telegraph
A masterpiece
Sir John Elliott