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Very thorough A very thorough account of the battle of Lepanto, covering the economic and political origins and consequences, as well as a detailed account of the course of the battle itself. Capponi makes a good case for reconsidering the battle's significance, arguing that it really was a decisive event in preventing further expansion of the Ottoman empire in the Mediterranean, despite the way many historians have lately portrayed it. Ocasionally, the book did start to get a little dry, but even then it was... more info
Superb This is a very well researched and written history book about the battle of Lepanto, with a broad introduction of the historical brackground and a magnificent description of the galleis and weaponery involved. It will make an excellent holiday book .It is well illustrated with accurate maps and prints. This is the best account of the battle I have read. 5 stars
An outstanding book on the subject, at last. After so many works of inadequate quality, we have at last an excellent piece of scholarship on the event that in the XVI century saved Europe from Islam. For the first time in more than a century, Niccolò Capponi has written a book based on painstaking archival research and a thorough exam of printed sources. Thus he has managed to correct a number of incorrect statements about the battle, that almost all modern authors repeat in parrot fashion. The fundamental role played by superior Western... more info
