The Venetians : a new history : from Marco Polo to Casanova

Strathern, Paul 1940- (Author).

Summary: By profiling some of the most celebrated personalities of European history, including Marco Polo, Galileo, Titian, Petrarch, Vivaldi and Casanova, this vibrant history of the Republic of Venice reveals how it became the first great economic, cultural and naval power of the modern Western world.

Record details

ISBN: 9781605984896
Physical Description: 354 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col), maps, col. ports. ; 24 cm.
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Edition: 1st Pegasus Books cloth edition
Publisher: New York, NY : Pegasus Books, 2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Expansion -- The imperial age -- The long decline -- Dissolution and fall.