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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... taken by the Genoese after his cession of Tenedos to Venice illustrates better than anything else both the weakness of his position in Constantinople and the strength of their own : they simply deposed him . Father and son changed ...
... taken by the Genoese after his cession of Tenedos to Venice illustrates better than anything else both the weakness of his position in Constantinople and the strength of their own : they simply deposed him . Father and son changed ...
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... taken by storm , the leader of the revolt was publicly beheaded in the main square , and the whole city was given over to five days ' sack , during which the French and German troops fell on the local inhabitants , killing and raping ...
... taken by storm , the leader of the revolt was publicly beheaded in the main square , and the whole city was given over to five days ' sack , during which the French and German troops fell on the local inhabitants , killing and raping ...
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... taken advan- tage of the winter and spring to strengthen the defences of both Canea and Negropont . Contrary winds persuaded him against another attempt on the Dardanelles ; the Turkish fleet , meanwhile , kept well out of the way . He ...
... taken advan- tage of the winter and spring to strengthen the defences of both Canea and Negropont . Contrary winds persuaded him against another attempt on the Dardanelles ; the Turkish fleet , meanwhile , kept well out of the way . He ...
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Beginnings to 727 | 3 |
Emergence 727811 | 15 |
The City Rises Up 811900 | 26 |
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