


He has a reputation for writing compelling narrative history based on original sources and eyewitness accounts combined with careful scholarship. He is married and lives in England in the Gloucestershire countryside. He worked for many years as a publisher before pursuing a full-time writing career.

He has travelled widely in the Greek-speaking world, taught English in Istanbul and walked across Western Turkey. 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. Roger Crowley was educated at Sherborne School and read English at Emmanuel College Cambridge. Roger Crowley (born 1951 ) is a British historian and author known for his books on maritime and Mediterranean history. Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge
