City of fortune

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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.

In Venice, the path to empire unfolded in a series of extraordinary contests - the sacking of Constantinople in 1204, the fight to the finish with Genoa and a desperate defence against the Turks. Under the lion banner of St Mark, she created an empire of ports and naval bases which funnelled the goods of the world through its wharfs. In the process the city became the richest place on earth - a brilliant mosaic fashioned from what it bought, traded, borrowed and stole.

Based on first hand accounts of trade and warfare, seafaring and piracy and the places where Venetians sailed and died, City of Fortune is narrative history at its finest. Beginning on Ascension Day in the year 1000 and ending with an explosion off the coast of Greece - and the calamitous news that the Portuguese had pioneered a sea route to India - it will fascinate anyone who loves Venice and the Mediterranean world.

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Product specificaties:

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 02 augustus 2012

Aantal pagina's: 432

Kaarten inbegrepen: Nee

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Roger Crowley

Hoofduitgeverij: Onbekend

Co Uitgever(s): Fab

Dyslexievriendelijk: Nee

Editie: Main

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 127 mm

Product hoogte: 25 mm

Product lengte: 197 mm

Studieboek: Ja

Verpakking breedte: 126 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 40 mm

Verpakking lengte: 200 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 330 g

eWaste: Nee

EAN: 9780571245956