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BookshistoryCity of Fortune: How Venice Won and Lost a Naval Empire

№ 3 · Mediterranean Epic Trilogy

City of Fortune: How Venice Won and Lost a Naval Empire,

Name: City of Fortune: How Venice Won and Lost a Naval Empire
Rating: 4 (8 reviews)
ISBN: 9780571245949

by Roger Crowley

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Rating4.0/ 5

Ratings8

Pages405

Reading Hours8h

Published2011

Language—

§Synopsis

A magisterial work of gripping history, City of Fortune tells the story of the Venetian ascent from lagoon dwellers to the greatest power in the Mediterranean - an epic five hundred year voyage that encompassed crusade and trade, plague, sea battles and colonial adventure.