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{{short description|British historian and author|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| birth_date = 1951
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| occupation = Historian
| alma_mater = [[Emmanuel College, Cambridge|Emmanuel College]], [[University of Cambridge]]
| period = 2005–present
| genre = Maritime and Mediterranean history
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'''Roger Crowley''' (born 1951<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rogercrowley.co.uk/author.html|title=Roger Crowley|website=www.rogercrowley.co.uk}}</ref>) is a British historian and author known for his books on [[wikt:maritime#Adjective|maritime]] and [[Mediterranean]] history.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/74098/roger-crowley|title=Roger Crowley | Penguin Random House|website=PenguinRandomhouse.com}}</ref>

==Life and career==

Roger Crowley was educated at [[Sherborne School]] and read English at [[Emmanuel College, Cambridge|Emmanuel College]] Cambridge. As the child of a naval family, early experiences of life in Malta gave him a deep interest in the history and culture of the Mediterranean world, which has remained the major subject of his work. He has travelled widely in the Greek-speaking world, taught English in [[Istanbul]] and walked across Western Turkey. He worked for many years as a publisher before pursuing a full-time writing career. He is married and lives in England in the Gloucestershire countryside.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.andrewlownie.co.uk/authors/roger-crowley|title=Roger Crowley, Andrew Lownie}}</ref>

He has a reputation for writing compelling narrative history based on original sources and eyewitness accounts combined with careful scholarship. He is the author of a loose trilogy of books on the history of the [[Mediterranean]]: ''Constantinople: The Last Great Siege/1453'' (2005), drawing on his interest in Istanbul, ''Empires of the Sea'' (2008) about the contest for the Mediterranean between the [[Ottomans]] and Christian Europe, which was a [[Sunday Times]] (UK) History Book of the Year in 2009 and a [[New York Times]] Bestseller – and ''City of Fortune'' on [[Venice]]’s maritime empire (2011).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.andrewlownie.co.uk/authors/roger-crowley|title=Roger Crowley, Andrew Lownie}}</ref> These were followed by ''[[Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire]]'' (2015), an account of early Portuguese activities in the [[Indian Ocean]]. His latest book, ''Accursed Tower: The Crusaders' Last Battle for the Holy Land'' (Yale, 2019) chronicles the end of the crusades and the fall of [[Akko]] in 1291. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rogercrowley.co.uk/author.html|title=Roger Crowley, author website}}</ref>

Roger has talked to audiences as diverse as [[Melvyn Bragg]]’s [[BBC]] programme ''[[In Our Time (radio series)|In Our Time]]'', the Center Analyses in Washington, [[NATO]], the [[Hay Festival]], and the [[National Maritime Museum]], appeared on TV programmes, written articles and reviews, and lectured to tour groups.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0038xbd|title=Constantinople Siege and Fall, In Our Time}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
* "The First Global Empire" ''History Today'' (2015) 656#10 pp 10–17 [https://www.historytoday.com/archive/first-global-empire online]

===Books===
* ''1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West''. New York: Hachette Books, 2005.(US edition) {{ISBN|9781401308506}} <ref>{{cite news |last=Staniszewski |first=Michał |title=Roger Crowley – „1453. Upadek Konstantynopola” – recenzja |trans-title=Roger Crowley – "1453. The fall of Constantinople" – review |work=Histmag |date=7 April 2013 |url=https://histmag.org/Roger-Crowley-1453.-Upadek-Konstantynopola-recenzja-7790 |language=Polish}}</ref>
* ''Great Constantinople: The Last Siege''. London: Faber, 2005.(UK edition) {{ISBN|9780571298204}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.faber.co.uk/9780571298204-constantinople.html|title=Roger Crowley, Great Constantinople: The Last Siege}}</ref>
* ''Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World''. New York: Random House, 2008. (US edition) {{ISBN|9780812977646}} <ref>{{cite news |last=Bennetts |first=M. M. |title='Empires of the Sea' |work=The Christian Science Monitor |date=14 July 2008 |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Book-Reviews/2008/0714/empires-of-the-sea}}</ref> (UK edition) London: Faber, 2008. {{ISBN|9780571298198}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.faber.co.uk/9780571298198-empires-of-the-sea.html|title=Roger Crowley, Empires of the Sea}}</ref>
* ''City of Fortune: How Venice Ruled the Seas''. New York: Random House, 2012. (US edition) {{ISBN|9780812980226}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Cliff |first=Nigel |title=The Reign of Venice |work=The New York Times |date=27 January 2012 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/books/review/city-of-fortune-how-venice-ruled-the-seas-by-roger-crowley-book-review.html}}</ref> (UK edition) London: Faber, 2012. {{ISBN|9780571245956}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.faber.co.uk/9780571245956-city-of-fortune.html|title=Roger Crowley, City of Fortune}}</ref>
* ''[[Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire]]''. New York: Random House, 2015. {{ISBN|9780812994001}}<ref name="Walton">{{cite news|last1=Walton|first1=David|title=History: ‘Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire,’ by Roger Crowley|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/arts/books/2015/12/24/history-conquerors-how-portugal-forged-the-first-global-empire-by-roger-crowley|accessdate=6 September 2017|work=Dallas News|date=December 2015}}</ref><ref name="Prodger">{{cite news|last1=Prodger|first1=Michael|title=History: ‘Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire,’ by Roger Crowley|url=https://www.ft.com/content/110c4a4c-5565-11e5-9846-de406ccb37f2|accessdate=6 September 2017|work=Financial Times|date=September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Morris |first=Ian |title=‘Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire,’ by Roger Crowley |work=The New York Times |date=15 January 2016 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/17/books/review/conquerors-how-portugal-forged-the-first-global-empire-by-roger-crowley.html|accessdate=27 October 2017}}</ref> (UK edition) London: Faber, 2015. {{ISBN|9780571290901}} <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.faber.co.uk/9780571290901-conquerors.html|title=Roger Crowley, Conquerors}}</ref>
* ''Accursed Tower: The Crusaders' Last Battle for the Holy Land''. London: Yale University Press, 2019 (UK edition) {{ISBN|9780300230314}} <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yalebooks.co.uk/display.asp?K=9780300230314|title=Roger Crowley, Accursed Tower}}</ref> (US edition) Basic Books, 2019. {{ISBN|9781541697348}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/roger-crowley/the-accursed-tower/9781541699724/|title=Roger Crowley, Accursed Tower}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.rogercrowley.co.uk/ Personal website]

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