City of fortune
Subtitle: how Venice won and lost a naval empire
By: Roger Crowley
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 405
ISBN-13: 9780571245949
Subjects: Naval History; History
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical and index.