This is the most comprehensible and most engaging history of Venice available in English, a book of great resource to students that will be treasured by those who will come to share the author's fascination with "the most beautiful and magical of cities."

"Norwich's monumental one-thousand-year history is indispensable...the standard Venetian history in English."--Jan Morris, The Times (London)


CONTENTS

I. The Barbarian Invasions to the Fourth Crusade

II. The Imperial Expansion

III. A Power In Europe

IV. Decline and Fall
John Julius Norwich was the author of more than twenty books, including the New York Times bestseller Absolute Monarchs. He began his career in the British foreign service, but resigned his diplomatic post to become a writer. He was a chairman of the Venice in Peril Fund and the honorary chairman of the World Monuments Fund. John Julius Norwich died in 2018. View titles by John Julius Norwich

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This is the most comprehensible and most engaging history of Venice available in English, a book of great resource to students that will be treasured by those who will come to share the author's fascination with "the most beautiful and magical of cities."

"Norwich's monumental one-thousand-year history is indispensable...the standard Venetian history in English."--Jan Morris, The Times (London)


CONTENTS

I. The Barbarian Invasions to the Fourth Crusade

II. The Imperial Expansion

III. A Power In Europe

IV. Decline and Fall

Author

John Julius Norwich was the author of more than twenty books, including the New York Times bestseller Absolute Monarchs. He began his career in the British foreign service, but resigned his diplomatic post to become a writer. He was a chairman of the Venice in Peril Fund and the honorary chairman of the World Monuments Fund. John Julius Norwich died in 2018. View titles by John Julius Norwich