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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... took on a different tone . Nothing more , he pointed out , could be expected of Isaac and Alexius , who had not scrupled to betray the friends to whom they owed their joint crown . If the Crusaders were ever to obtain their due , they ...
... took on a different tone . Nothing more , he pointed out , could be expected of Isaac and Alexius , who had not scrupled to betray the friends to whom they owed their joint crown . If the Crusaders were ever to obtain their due , they ...
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... took young Marco with them . Of the route they followed - through Persia , Oxiana , the Pamirs , Kash- gar and the Gobi desert - Marco was later to give the first description ever to reach the West , and indeed virtually the last until ...
... took young Marco with them . Of the route they followed - through Persia , Oxiana , the Pamirs , Kash- gar and the Gobi desert - Marco was later to give the first description ever to reach the West , and indeed virtually the last until ...
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... took place , in the course of which well over a thousand fugitives took refuge in a huge cave , quar- ried deep into the heart of the nearby Monte Berico . They would have done better to stay in Vicenza : before long a band of French ...
... took place , in the course of which well over a thousand fugitives took refuge in a huge cave , quar- ried deep into the heart of the nearby Monte Berico . They would have done better to stay in Vicenza : before long a band of French ...
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Beginnings to 727 | 3 |
Emergence 727811 | 15 |
The City Rises Up 811900 | 26 |
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