City of Fortune

By Roger Crowley

Pages

432

Rating

4.15

Year

2011

HistoryMedieval HistoryMedievalItalyEuropean HistoryNonfiction

Description

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.