A 1000-year history of the Venetian Republic from its ancient settlement to its humiliating defeat by Napoleon in 1797. Lord Norwich marshals myriad personalities, battles, sieges, and facts into a history of Venice's rise to power under the Doges, and manages to weave complicated side-plots and parallel historical events into the account.
Author Biography
John Julius Norwich was born in 1929. He has written many books, including a three-volume history of the Byzantium Empire. John Julius Norwich lives in London, W9.
