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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... further burden - shame and humiliation for his gullibility in falling into so obvious a trap . He could go no further . His expedition had been disastrous ; the flower of Venetian youth lay dead or dying , without having once set eyes ...
... further burden - shame and humiliation for his gullibility in falling into so obvious a trap . He could go no further . His expedition had been disastrous ; the flower of Venetian youth lay dead or dying , without having once set eyes ...
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... Further defeats followed , further embassies from Florence , further rebuffs ; but with every new Milanese victory the isolationist argument was becoming increasingly hard to defend , particularly after the Floren- tine envoy - in a ...
... Further defeats followed , further embassies from Florence , further rebuffs ; but with every new Milanese victory the isolationist argument was becoming increasingly hard to defend , particularly after the Floren- tine envoy - in a ...
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... further sharp lesson that the Captain- General of the fleet , Angelo Trevisan , now received instructions to take a squadron of seventeen light galleys up the Po , causing as much devastation as he could of Ferrarese territory ...
... further sharp lesson that the Captain- General of the fleet , Angelo Trevisan , now received instructions to take a squadron of seventeen light galleys up the Po , causing as much devastation as he could of Ferrarese territory ...
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Emergence 727811 | 15 |
The City Rises Up 811900 | 26 |
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