Venice by Thomas F Madden

Venice by Thomas F Madden

A spellbinding new portrait of one of the world's most beloved cities, from the author of Istanbul

La Serenissima. Its breathtaking architecture, art, and opera ensure that Venice remains a perennially popular destination for tourists and armchair travelers alike. Yet most of the available books about this magical city are either facile travel guides or fusty academic tomes. In Venice, renowned historian Thomas F. Madden draws on new research to explore the city's many astonishing achievements and to set 1,500 years of Venetian history and the endless Venetian-led Crusades in the context of the ever-shifting Eurasian world. Filled with compelling insights and famous figures, Venice is a monumental work of popular history that's as opulent and entertaining as the great city itself.

Thomas F.Madden is a history professor at Saint Louis University in Missouri, where he also serves as the director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. He is the author of The New Concise History of the Crusades, Enrico Dandolo and the Development of Venice, The Fourth Crusade, and Empires of Trust. He was designated a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow in 2012.

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ISBN 13	9780147509802
ISBN 10	0147509807
Title	Venice
Author	Thomas F Madden
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2013-10-29
Number of pages	480
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