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City of Fortune: How Venice Won and Lost a Naval Empire
Roger Crowley
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Description for City of Fortune: How Venice Won and Lost a Naval Empire
Paperback. 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.
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571245956
SKU
9780571245956
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Roger Crowley
Roger Crowley read English at Cambridge before going to live in Istanbul. His first book, Constantinople was published in 2005 and was followed by Empires of the Sea, which was chosen as the Sunday Times History Book of the Year in 2008.
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