Roger Crowley

Roger Crowley is a British historian and bestselling author specializing in maritime and Mediterranean history. Educated at Sherborne School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, he was inspired by his early experiences in Malta and later travels across the Greek-speaking world and Turkey. After a career in publishing, he turned to full-time writing, earning a reputation for vivid narrative history rooted in original sources and eyewitness accounts.

Crowley’s works include a trilogy on the Mediterranean—1453: The Last Great Siege (2005), Empires of the Sea (2008), and City of Fortune (2011)—as well as Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire (2015), Accursed Tower: The Crusaders’ Last Battle for the Holy Land (2019), and Spice: The 16th-Century Contest That Shaped the Modern World (2024). His books have been translated into more than twenty languages.