ENGLISH

City of fortune: how Venice won and lost a naval empire

By Roger , Crowley

Book information

Publisher
Faber and Faber Ltd
Year
2011
ISBN
9780571279234, 9780571245949, 0571279236, 9781299077409, 1299077404
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
4 MB (4039688 bytes)
Pages
xx, 405 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History;European HNaval;Italy -- Venice

Description

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.

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