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I highly recommend Roger Crowley's Empire of the Sea to anyone who wants to read about Malta in the 1500s when it was a key in the battle for the Mediterranean between the Ottomans and various European forces in various alliances (or not)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3418555-empires-of-the-s...

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If you like historical fiction 'The Religion' by Tim Willocks is amazing.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/918095.The_Religion

Does roger have any relation to aleister crowley?

No

Now I'm confused who Ozzy is singing about in the song titled "Mr Crowley" :(

Come on guys, it's not an uncommon name by any stretch of the imagination. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowley_(surname)

May not be an "uncommon surname" -- but there is ONE prominent very significant in history crowley!

Who the fuck do you think we are thinking about in this context. Frank Crowley the farmer?

No, he probably meant the one from Good Omens

/s

I’m curious why you felt it necessary to create a throwaway for delivering that piece of information. :)

Man, you really have to listen to those lyrics more carefully. "Oh Mr Crowley did you talk to the dead" ... "You fooled all the people with magic. Waiting on Satan's call"

I suspect that ain't the historian. ;)

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