A History of VeniceKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1982 - 736 sider As comprehensive as it is engaging, John Julius Norwich's A History of Venice is a complete history of "the most beautiful and magical of cities." This necessary volume traces the rise of Venice from its fifth-century origins through 1797 when Napoleon put an end to the thousand-year-old Republic. |
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... fact to watch over Venetian interests , with orders to fortify strategic strong - points round the island and to remove all persons of uncertain loyalty from positions of power and influence . The fact that Cyprus was an independent ...
... fact to watch over Venetian interests , with orders to fortify strategic strong - points round the island and to remove all persons of uncertain loyalty from positions of power and influence . The fact that Cyprus was an independent ...
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... fact was that he had had no official notification of any banishment ; he had merely heard the rumours and had probably seen no reason to disbelieve them . There may too have been in his conduct more than an element of wishful thinking ...
... fact was that he had had no official notification of any banishment ; he had merely heard the rumours and had probably seen no reason to disbelieve them . There may too have been in his conduct more than an element of wishful thinking ...
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... fact that Con- tarini's report of it to the Senate gives us the first account of Bonaparte by a Venetian . Contarini was struck by his evident physical frailty , and by the fact that he made no effort to conceal his fatigue . Here was ...
... fact that Con- tarini's report of it to the Senate gives us the first account of Bonaparte by a Venetian . Contarini was struck by his evident physical frailty , and by the fact that he made no effort to conceal his fatigue . Here was ...
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Beginnings to 727 | 3 |
Emergence 727811 | 15 |
The City Rises Up 811900 | 26 |
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