A history of VeniceAt once the most comprehensive and the most engaging history of Venice available in English, this book will be treasured by all those who share the author's fascination with "the most beautiful and magical of cities." Book jacket. |
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At this particular moment in her history, with her relations with Manuel Comnenus
growing increasingly strained and her Italian markets ever more profitable, she
had no wish to antagonize Frederick Barbarossa more than was necessary.
At this particular moment in her history, with her relations with Manuel Comnenus
growing increasingly strained and her Italian markets ever more profitable, she
had no wish to antagonize Frederick Barbarossa more than was necessary.
Side 280
For the best part of a thousand years already, those two or three miles of shallow
water separating them from the mainland had not only protected them from
invaders but had effectively isolated them from Italian political life; saved them
from ...
For the best part of a thousand years already, those two or three miles of shallow
water separating them from the mainland had not only protected them from
invaders but had effectively isolated them from Italian political life; saved them
from ...
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In the forty years between the Peace of Lodi and the French invasion there were
to be six small wars fought on Italian soil; yet for nearly thirty of those years the
peninsula was to be, to all intents and purposes, at peace. Not once in the entire
...
In the forty years between the Peace of Lodi and the French invasion there were
to be six small wars fought on Italian soil; yet for nearly thirty of those years the
peninsula was to be, to all intents and purposes, at peace. Not once in the entire
...
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Brukerevaluering - setnahkt - LibraryThingAlthough weighty in both the literal and metaphorical sense of the word, this turned out to be quite a worthwhile book. It covers the history of Venice from 421 CE to 1797 CE. The Most Serene Republic ... Les hele vurderingen
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Brukerevaluering - pbjwelch - LibraryThingAnother absolutely brilliant book by John Julius Norwich. Incredibly researched, full of amazing details (and the wisdom to have skipped all those details when they didn't contribute to the story ... Les hele vurderingen
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Emergence 717811 | 15 |
The City Rises Up 811900 | 26 |
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Bibliografisk informasjon
| Tittel | A history of Venice |
| Forfatter | John Julius Norwich |
| Utgave | illustrert, nytrykk |
| Utgiver | Knopf, 1982 |
| ISBN | 0394524101, 9780394524108 |
| Lengde | 673 sider |
| Eksporter sitat | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |