A History of Venice

John Julius Norwich
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
9780679721970
0-679-72197-5

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.

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fifth-century origins through 1797 when Napoleon put an end to the thousand-year-old Republic.