City Of Fortune: How Venice Won And Lost A Naval Empire Roger Crowley Faber Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

A Magisterial Work Of Gripping History City Fortune Tells The Story Venetian Ascent From Lagoon Dwellers To Greatest Power In Mediterranean - An Epic Five Hundred Year Voyage That Encompassed Crusade And Trade Plague Sea Battles Colonial Adventure Venice Path Empire Unfolded Series Extraordinary Contests Sacking Constantinople 1204 Fight Finish With Genoa Desperate Defence Against Turks Under Lion Banner St Mark She Created Ports Naval Bases Which Funnelled Goods World Through Its Wharfs Process Became Richest Place On Earth Brilliant Mosaic Fashioned What It Bought Traded Borrowed Stole Based First Hand Accounts Warfare Seafaring Piracy Places Where Venetians Sailed Died Is Narrative At Finest Beginning Ascension Day 1000 Ending Explosion Off Coast Greece Calamitous News Portuguese Had Pioneered Route India Will Fascinate Anyone Who Loves Σελίδες: 448 Διαστάσεις: 12 7X12 7Cm