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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... force which the Sultan was to hurl against them in May 1565 had from the first to be largely self - supporting . And whereas Rhodes was only ten miles from the Turkish coast , Malta was nearly a thousand . Small wonder that Suleiman's ...
... force which the Sultan was to hurl against them in May 1565 had from the first to be largely self - supporting . And whereas Rhodes was only ten miles from the Turkish coast , Malta was nearly a thousand . Small wonder that Suleiman's ...
Side 475
... force had appeared off the coast of Cyprus on 1 July . Sultan Selim - the memory of his father's humiliation in Malta still fresh in his mind – had spared no pains in its preparation , and had entrusted it to two of his ablest and most ...
... force had appeared off the coast of Cyprus on 1 July . Sultan Selim - the memory of his father's humiliation in Malta still fresh in his mind – had spared no pains in its preparation , and had entrusted it to two of his ablest and most ...
Side 524
... force on the Lido , together with a fleet of flat - bottomed barges in which that force would be rowed across the lagoon to the city . The Piazza and Rialto would be seized and barricaded , and special groups would take possession of ...
... force on the Lido , together with a fleet of flat - bottomed barges in which that force would be rowed across the lagoon to the city . The Piazza and Rialto would be seized and barricaded , and special groups would take possession of ...
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Beginnings to 727 | 3 |
Emergence 727811 | 15 |
The City Rises Up 811900 | 26 |
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