Venice: A New History

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Venice: A New History

An extraordinary chronicle of Venice, its people, and its grandeur

Thomas Maddenâ€™s majestic, sprawling history of Venice is the first full portrait of the city in English in almost thirty years. Using long-buried archival material and a wealth of newly translated documents, Madden weaves a spellbinding story of a place and its people, tracing an arc from the cityâ€™s humble origins as a lagoon refuge to its apex as a vast maritime empire and Renaissance epicenter to its rebirth as a modern tourist hub.

Madden explores all aspects of Veniceâ€™s breathtaking achievements: the construction of its unparalleled navy, its role as an economic powerhouse and birthplace of capitalism, its popularization of opera, the stunning architecture of its watery environs, and more. He sets these in the context of the rise and fall of the Byzantine Empire, the endless waves of Crusades to the Holy Land, and the awesome power of Turkish sultans. And perhaps most critically, Madden corrects the stereotype of Shakespeareâ€™s money-lending Shylock that has distorted the Venetian character, uncovering instead a much more complex and fascinating story, peopled by men and women whose ingenuity and deep faith profoundly altered the course of civilization.

Country	USA
Author	Thomas F. Madden
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781101601136
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Penguin Books
Manufacturer	Penguin Books
NumberOfPages	465
PublicationDate	2012-10-25
Publisher	Penguin Books
ReleaseDate	2012-10-25
Studio	Penguin Books

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