A History of Venice
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A 1000-year history of the Venetian Republic from its ancient settlement to its humiliating defeat by Napoleon in 1797. Lord Norwich marshals myriad personalities, battles, sieges, and facts into a history of Venice's rise to power under the Doges, and manages to weave complicated side-plots and parallel historical events into the account.
Author: John Julius Norwich
Format: Paperback, 704 pages
Published: 2003, Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom
Genre: Regional History
Description
A 1000-year history of the Venetian Republic from its ancient settlement to its humiliating defeat by Napoleon in 1797. Lord Norwich marshals myriad personalities, battles, sieges, and facts into a history of Venice's rise to power under the Doges, and manages to weave complicated side-plots and parallel historical events into the account.
A History of Venice