Crescent Dawn

A groundbreaking history of the wars of the Ottoman Expansion, a truly global conflagration that crisscrossed three continents and ultimately defined the borders and future of modern Europe.

London-born Si Sheppard completed his Bachelors and Masters degrees in New Zealand before receiving his doctorate from Johns Hopkins University in the United States. He is currently an associate professor of political science and international relations at Long Island University in Brooklyn, New York, and has written several books focusing on the interrelations between geography, technology, and strategy.

List of Illustrations and Maps Family Trees Naming Conventions Prologue Introduction Chapter 1: Origins, to First Kosovo and Nicopolis Chapter 2: Varna, Second Kosovo, and Constantinople Chapter 3: First Belgrade, First Rhodes, and Otranto Chapter 4: Persia, and the Fall of the Mamluks Chapter 5: Suleiman, Part I - Second Belgrade, Second Rhodes, and Mohács Chapter 6: Suleiman, Part II - Vienna Chapter 7: Suleiman, Part III - Kingmaker Chapter 8: The Mediterranean, Part I - Tunis, Preveza, and Algiers Chapter 9: The Mediterranean, Part II - Malta, Cyprus, and Lepanto Chapter 10: The East - From Red Sea to Persian Gulf to Indian Ocean Chapter 11: Africa - In Search of Prester John Conclusion Chronology Glossary Notes Bibliography Index