City of fortune : how Venice won and lost a naval empire / Roger Crowley.

By:

Crowley, Roger

Material type: Text

TextLondon : Faber and Faber, 2011Description: xx, 405 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780571245956 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

945.31 CRO 23 009767

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Table of contents

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Opportunity: Merchant Crusaders 1.Lords of Dalmatia 2.The Blind Doge 3.Thirty-four Thousand Marks 4.`A Dog Returning to its Vomit' 5.At the Walls 6.Four Emperors 7.`The Works of Hell' pt. II Ascent: Princes of the Sea 8.A Quarter and Half a Quarter 9.Demand and Supply 10.`In the Jaws of our Enemies' 11.The Flag of St Titus 12.Bridling St Mark 13.Fight to the Finish 14.Stato da Mar 15.`Like Water in a Fountain' 16.City of Neptune pt. III Eclipse: The Rising Moon 17.The Glass Ball 18.The Shield of Christendom 19.`If Negroponte Is Lost' 20.Pyramid of Fire 21.Hands on the Throat of Venice.

Summary: A magisterial work of gripping history, City of Fortune tells the story of the Venetian ascent from lagoon dwellers to the greatest power in the Mediterranean - an epic five hundred year voyage that encompassed crusade and trade, plague, sea battles and colonial adventure.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	945.31 CRO 009767 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		009767

Includes bibliographical and index.

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Opportunity: Merchant Crusaders
1.Lords of Dalmatia
2.The Blind Doge
3.Thirty-four Thousand Marks
4.`A Dog Returning to its Vomit'
5.At the Walls
6.Four Emperors
7.`The Works of Hell'
pt. II Ascent: Princes of the Sea
8.A Quarter and Half a Quarter
9.Demand and Supply
10.`In the Jaws of our Enemies'
11.The Flag of St Titus
12.Bridling St Mark
13.Fight to the Finish
14.Stato da Mar
15.`Like Water in a Fountain'
16.City of Neptune
pt. III Eclipse: The Rising Moon
17.The Glass Ball
18.The Shield of Christendom
19.`If Negroponte Is Lost'
20.Pyramid of Fire
21.Hands on the Throat of Venice.

A magisterial work of gripping history, City of Fortune tells the story of the Venetian ascent from lagoon dwellers to the greatest power in the Mediterranean - an epic five hundred year voyage that encompassed crusade and trade, plague, sea battles and colonial adventure.

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