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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... reached Constanti- nople to find his brother already gravely ill , and Otto died before he could return to Venice . The Patriarch , who in the intervening months had continued to guide both the religious and the secular destinies of his ...
... reached Constanti- nople to find his brother already gravely ill , and Otto died before he could return to Venice . The Patriarch , who in the intervening months had continued to guide both the religious and the secular destinies of his ...
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... reached Genoa , the reaction was much as might have been foreseen . Such an insult to the Republic could not go unpunished ; moreover , unless firm measures were taken at once , there was a danger that Cyprus might fall completely under ...
... reached Genoa , the reaction was much as might have been foreseen . Such an insult to the Republic could not go unpunished ; moreover , unless firm measures were taken at once , there was a danger that Cyprus might fall completely under ...
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... reached Chios of the approach of a Turkish fleet of some fifty sail , Venetian spirits rose higher still . For years now the Turks had done their utmost to avoid naval engage- ments , and Zen's captains had little admiration for their ...
... reached Chios of the approach of a Turkish fleet of some fifty sail , Venetian spirits rose higher still . For years now the Turks had done their utmost to avoid naval engage- ments , and Zen's captains had little admiration for their ...
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Beginnings to 727 | 3 |
Emergence 727811 | 15 |
The City Rises Up 811900 | 26 |
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