Last Crusade The

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 Endurance:Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage Galileo’sDaughter and Atlantic 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 The Shakespeare Riots 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.