From Minos’ sandals to the tourists’ flip-flops.
The whole history of Crete — with a smile.

Crete isn’t just about beaches, sunshine, and tavernas serving the best Greek salad on the planet. It’s also thousands of years of history, where myth blends with truth, and heroes and gods cross paths with emperors, pirates, and sunburned tourists.

From Minoan palaces to Arab invaders, Venetian merchants, Turkish cannons, paratroopers, and today’s all-inclusive resorts – this book walks through the island’s past with a wink. So history doesn’t feel like a dull school lesson. Crete turns out to be beautiful, wild, and absolutely one of a kind. The history told with humour, warmth, and no academic fuss.