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'Roger Crowley makes a trustworthy and wonderfully eloquent guide ... Crowley is such a natural narrative historian, with such an eye for colourful but telling details and such a knack for dramatic character sketches, that he remains a constant joy to read.' --Christopher Hart, Sunday Times
'... the rise and fall of Venice's empire is an irresistible story and Crowley, with his rousing descriptive gifts and scholarly attention to detail, is its perfect chronicler. For centuries, he notes, the republic's sailors returned home with ''gold, spices, plague and grief''; and in this compelling book, like a scrupulous Venetian merchant, he weighs out full measures of each.' --Michael Prodger, Financial Times
'[An] entertaining and well-researched book, the entire story of this small, fascinating power is laid out.' --Catholic Herald
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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A magisterial work of gripping history, City of Fortune tells the story of the Venetian ascent from lagoon dwellers to the greatest power in the Mediterranean - an epic five hundred year voyage that encompassed crusade and trade, plague, sea battles and colonial adventure. In Venice, the path to empire unfolded in a series of extraordinary contests - the sacking of Constantinople in 1204, the fight to the finish with Genoa and a desperate defence against the Turks. Under the lion banner of St Mark, she created an empire of ports and naval bases which funnelled the goods of the world through its wharfs. In the process the city became the richest place on earth - a brilliant mosaic fashioned from what it bought, traded, borrowed and stole. Based on firsthand accounts of trade and warfare, seafaring and piracy and the places where Venetians sailed and died, City of Fortune is narrative history at its finest. From the prize-winning author of Empires of the Sea comes an epic work of narrative maritime history. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9780571245956
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Descrizione libro Condizione: New. Tells the story of the Venetian ascent from lagoon dwellers to the greatest power in the Mediterranean - an epic five hundred year voyage that encompassed crusade and trade, plague, sea battles and colonial adventure. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3F; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 137 x 28. Weight in Grams: 350. 2012. Main. Paperback. . . . . Codice articolo 9780571245956
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Descrizione libro Condizione: New. Tells the story of the Venetian ascent from lagoon dwellers to the greatest power in the Mediterranean - an epic five hundred year voyage that encompassed crusade and trade, plague, sea battles and colonial adventure. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3F; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 137 x 28. Weight in Grams: 350. 2012. Main. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Codice articolo 9780571245956