The First Ghetto by Alexander Lee
A sweeping, riveting history of the Venetian ghetto, the worlds first Jewish ghetto; for readers of Simon Schama and Simon Sebag Montefiore.
Alexander Lee is a fellow in the Centre for the Study of the Renaissance at the University of Warwick. Educated at the universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh, he has previously held positions at the universities of Oxford, Bergamo, Luxembourg, Lyon 2 and Lyon 3, amongst others. He is the author of several acclaimed books, including Ghetto: The Jews of Venice, Machiavelli: His Life and Times (a Financial Times and New Statesman ‘Book of the Year’) and Humanism and Empire: The Imperial Ideal in Fourteenth-Century Italy. He writes a regular column for History Today and frequently appears on television, radio, and podcasts. He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781529066500 |
| ISBN 10 | 1529066506 |
| Title | The First Ghetto |
| Author | Alexander Lee |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Picador |
| Year published | 2026-03-05 |
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