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Description edit
John Julius Norwich's dazzling history of Venice from its origins to its eighteenth century fall. 'Lord Norwich has loved and understood Venice as well as any other Englishman has ever done. He has put readers of his generation more in his debt than any other English writer' - Peter Levi, "The... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Charles Viii: Add a description of this character.
- Maximilian
- Bonaparte
- Piazza
- Giovanni
- Visconti
- Pisani
- Francesco Morosini
- Filippo Maria
- Ferrara
- Don John
- Pepin
- St Mark
- Pope Julius
- Henry
- Gian Galeazzo
- Contarini
- Signoria
- Doria
- Alvise Mocenigo
- Carrara
- Mehmet
- Foscarini
- Francesco Foscari
- Sigismund
- Pietro Orseolo
- Mustafa
- Cardona
- Ferdinand
- Otto
- Leo
- Paul
- Bianca
- Pietro Candiano
- Ruskin
- Pope Clement
- Pius
Setting & Locations edit
- Venice
- Republic
- Italy
- Rome
- Europe
- Constantinople
- Padua
- Spain
- Cyprus
- London
- Naples
- Florence
- Dalmatia
- Crete
- England
- Verona
- Carmagnola
- Lombardy
- Austria
- Treviso
- Paris
- Brescia
- Hungary
- Lepanto
- Corfu
- Ravenna
- Aquileia
- Mantua
- Friuli
- Bologna
- Vicenza
- Famagusta
- Rialto
- Byzantium
- Nicosia
- Malta
- Negropont
- Basilica
- Istria
- Morea
- Milan
- Cremona
- Chioggia
- Chios
- Tuscany
- Piazzetta
- Germany
- Vienna
First Sentence edit
The origins of Venice encircle her still.
Authors & Contributors edit
- John Julius Norwich (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Penguin
Country: England
Publication Date: 1983
ISBN: 0140066233
Page Count: 704
Publisher: Penguin
Country: England
Publication Date: 1983
ISBN: 0140066233
Page Count: 704
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 945.31
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