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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Side 293
... Turkish Sultan Bajazet I at Nicopolis . Since then , as we have seen , his activities had been largely confined to the diplomatic field ; but scarcely was he settled upon the ducal throne than he found himself once again confronted with ...
... Turkish Sultan Bajazet I at Nicopolis . Since then , as we have seen , his activities had been largely confined to the diplomatic field ; but scarcely was he settled upon the ducal throne than he found himself once again confronted with ...
Side 328
... Turkish cannon remorselessly pounding at the triple fortifications that represented the only bulwark between the ... Turkish flag and with her volunteer crew of twelve disguised in Turkish dress , slipped out of the harbour and through ...
... Turkish cannon remorselessly pounding at the triple fortifications that represented the only bulwark between the ... Turkish flag and with her volunteer crew of twelve disguised in Turkish dress , slipped out of the harbour and through ...
Side 579
... Turkish ship in the Adriatic , his master had decided to declare war . The transparency of the excuse served only to confirm suspicions that the real object of the Sultan - or , more accurately , of the Grand Vizir himself , whose ...
... Turkish ship in the Adriatic , his master had decided to declare war . The transparency of the excuse served only to confirm suspicions that the real object of the Sultan - or , more accurately , of the Grand Vizir himself , whose ...
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