Description
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 fifth-century origins through 1797 when Napoleon put an end to the thousand-year-old Republic.
Author: John Julius Norwich
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 06/18/1989
Pages: 673
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.20w x 1.50d
ISBN13: 9780679721970
ISBN10: 0679721975
BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe | Italy
- History | Civilization
- History | Europe | Medieval
Author: John Julius Norwich
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 06/18/1989
Pages: 673
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.20w x 1.50d
ISBN13: 9780679721970
ISBN10: 0679721975
BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe | Italy
- History | Civilization
- History | Europe | Medieval
About the Author
John Julius Norwich is the author of many acclaimed works of history, including A History of Venice, Byzantium, and, most recently, Paradise of Cities: Venice in the 19th Century. He has also written and presented some thirty historical documentaries for BBC Television. Formerly chairman of the Venice in Peril Fund, he now heads the World Monuments Fund in Britain.