A History of Venice

Informationen zum Autor John Julius Norwich was born in 1929. He was educated at Upper Canada College, Toronto, at Eton, at the University of Strasbourg and, after a spell of National Service in the Navy, at New College, Oxford, where he took a degree in French and Russian. In 1952 he joined the Foreign Service, where he remained for twelve years, serving at the embassies in Belgrade and Beirut. In 1964 he resigned from the service to write. He is the author of histories of Norman Sicily, the Republic of Venice and the Byzantine Empire. He has written and presented some thirty historical documentaries on television, and is a regular lecturer on Venice and numerous other subjects. Klappentext John Julius Norwich was born in 1929. He was educated at Upper Canada College, Toronto, at Eton, at the University of Strasbourg and, after a spell of National Service in the Navy, at New College, Oxford, where he took a degree in French and Russian. In 1952 he joined the Foreign Service, where he remained for twelve years, serving at the embassies in Belgrade and Beirut. In 1964 he resigned from the service to write. He is the author of histories of Norman Sicily, the Republic of Venice and the Byzantine Empire. He has written and presented some thirty historical documentaries on television, and is a regular lecturer on Venice and numerous other subjects. Zusammenfassung Tells the story of Venice of cities from its founding in the fifth century, through its unrivalled status for over a thousand years as one of the busiest and powerful city states, until its fall at the hands of Napoleon in 1797.

Product details

• Authors: John Julius Norwich, Norwich John Julius
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.10.2012
• EAN: 9780241953044
• ISBN: 978-0-241-95304-4
• No. of pages: 736
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 197 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; History, History: specific events & topics, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, Venice, ARCHITECTURE / History / General, HISTORY / Europe / Western, Italy, c 1500 onwards to present day, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, c 500 BCE to c 1500 CE (Italian ancient and medieval period)