Last Crusade

HistorianNigel Cliff delivers a sweeping radical reinterpretation of Vasco da Gama'spioneering voyages revealing their significance as a decisive turning point inthe struggle between Christianity and Islam--a series of events which foreveraltered the relationship between East and West. Perfect for readers of <em>Endurance</em>: <em>Shackleton's</em><em> Incredible Voyage</em> <em>Galileo'sDaughter</em> <em> </em>and <em>Atlantic</em> <em> </em>this first-ever completeaccount of da Gama's voyages includes new information from the recentlydiscovered diaries of his sailors and an extraordinary series of lettersbetween da Gama and the Zamorin a king of modern-dayKerala India. Cliff the author of <em>The Shakespeare Riots</em> draws uponhis own travels in da Gama's footsteps to add detail authenticity and acontemporary perspective to this riveting one-of-a-kind historical epic.