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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... town of Pontremoli after its surrender , seemed anxious to atone for their past excesses and laboured skilfully and indefatigably like the hard- ened mountaineers they were . At last , on Sunday , 5 July , the track began to level off ...
... town of Pontremoli after its surrender , seemed anxious to atone for their past excesses and laboured skilfully and indefatigably like the hard- ened mountaineers they were . At last , on Sunday , 5 July , the track began to level off ...
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... town was now , to all appearances , as near impregnable as any town could be . Behind those tremendous walls the defenders were admittedly few : some 8,000 as compared with a Turkish force which , with new contingents arriving every few ...
... town was now , to all appearances , as near impregnable as any town could be . Behind those tremendous walls the defenders were admittedly few : some 8,000 as compared with a Turkish force which , with new contingents arriving every few ...
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... town with its colours flying and to embark unmolested for Suda . Now more than ever , fortune seemed to favour the invaders . At Suda the Venetian admiral , Antonio Cappello , suddenly lost his head and aban- doned the town ; the ...
... town with its colours flying and to embark unmolested for Suda . Now more than ever , fortune seemed to favour the invaders . At Suda the Venetian admiral , Antonio Cappello , suddenly lost his head and aban- doned the town ; the ...
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