A History of VeniceKnopf, 1982 - 673 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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... Sultan's character nor the superb quality of his weapons of war . ' Nor on the other hand can anyone , least of all the Venetians , have deceived themselves into thinking that the city was impregnable ; 250 years before , old Doge Dan ...
... Sultan's character nor the superb quality of his weapons of war . ' Nor on the other hand can anyone , least of all the Venetians , have deceived themselves into thinking that the city was impregnable ; 250 years before , old Doge Dan ...
Side 343
... Sultan had eliminated the last vestiges of independent Serbia - though the vital bridgehead of Belgrade had been saved through the mili- tary genius of the Hungarian warlord John Hunyadi and was to remain for another half - century in ...
... Sultan had eliminated the last vestiges of independent Serbia - though the vital bridgehead of Belgrade had been saved through the mili- tary genius of the Hungarian warlord John Hunyadi and was to remain for another half - century in ...
Side 545
... Sultan's court , the Cadi of Mecca , some thirty ladies of the harem and about fifty Greek slaves . They then sailed on with their prize to Crete , where , landing at some unguarded point on the southern coast , they took on water and ...
... Sultan's court , the Cadi of Mecca , some thirty ladies of the harem and about fifty Greek slaves . They then sailed on with their prize to Crete , where , landing at some unguarded point on the southern coast , they took on water and ...
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Beginnings to 727 | 3 |
Emergence 727811 | 15 |
The City Rises Up 811900 | 26 |
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