A History of Venice [Lingua inglese] [Lingua Inglese]: John Julius Norwich - Brossura

Norwich, John Julius

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ISBN 10: 0679721975 ISBN 13: 9780679721970

Casa editrice: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1989

Riassunto

Traces the rise ot empire of this city from its 5th century beginnings all the way through until 1797 when Napolean put an end to the thousand year-old Republic. 32 pages of black and white photos, 4 maps and charts.

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Recensione:

At once the most comprehensive and the most engaging history of Venice available in English, this book will be treasured by all those who share the author's fascination with "the most beautiful and magical of cities."

"As a historian Lord Norwich knows what matters. As a writer he has a taste for beauty, a love of language and an enlivening wit.... He contrives, as no English writer has done before, to sustain a continuous interest in that crowded history." -- Hugh Trevor-Roper

"Will become the standard English work of Venetian history." -- C. P. Snow, Financial Times

"Lord Norwich has loved and understood Venice as well as any other Englishman has ever done. He has put readers of this generation more in his debt than any other English writer." -- Peter Levi, The Sunday Times (London)

L'autore:

John Julius Norwich is the author of many acclaimed works of history, including A History of Venice, Byzantium, and, most recently, Paradise of Cities: Venice in the 19th Century. He has also written and presented some thirty historical documentaries for BBC Television. Formerly chairman of the Venice in Peril Fund, he now heads the World Monuments Fund in Britain.

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• Editore: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0679721975
• ISBN 13: 9780679721970
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 736