The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean

The Great Sea: A Human History
of the Mediterranean

Author	David Abulafia
Language	English
Published	2011 by Allen Lane
Publication place	United Kingdom
Pages	816 pp (first edition)
ISBN	978-0-713-99934-1
OCLC	689522197

The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean is a book by the British historian David Abulafia. First published in 2011, it is a history of the Mediterranean Sea from 22,000 BC to the present time, and provides one of the most comprehensive treatments of the subject since the works of Fernand Braudel.

The book has been critically acclaimed and received the Mountbatten Literary Award from the Maritime Foundation, and the British Academy Medal.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] It has so far been translated into Dutch, Greek, Turkish, Spanish, Arabic, Korean, German, Italian, Romanian and Portuguese.[13]

Notes and references

1. Lezard, Nicholas (1 May 2012). "The Great Sea by David Abulafia – review". The Guardian.
2. Whitmarsh, Tim (17 June 2011). "The Great Sea by David Abulafia – review". The Guardian.
3. Holland, Tom (15 May 2011). "The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean by David Abulafia — review". The Guardian.
4. "Roger Crowley review, Literary Review". literaryreview.co.uk.
5. "The Great Sea, By David Abulafia". independent.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2022-06-18.
6. Keates, Jonathan (3 May 2011). "The Great Sea by David Abulafia: review" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
7. "The devil and the deep blue sea". The Economist. 5 May 2011.
8. "The Great Sea". Financial Times.
9. Richard Bosworth review, Times Higher Education Supplement, August 25, 2011.
10. Jane Liddell-King review, Jewish Chronicle
11. Gilmour, David (20 April 2011). "The broken core of the western world". prospectmagazine.co.uk.
12. "• A great wine-dark sea of crises. - The Fortnightly Review". fortnightlyreview.co.uk. 4 November 2011.
13. "Professor David Abulafia, FBA — Faculty of History". www.hist.cam.ac.uk.