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. In Venice, the path to empire unfolded in a series of extraordinary contests - the sacking of Constantinople in 1204, the fight to the finish with Genoa and a desperate defence against the Turks. Under the lion banner of St Mark, she created an empire of ports and naval bases which funnelled the goods of the world through City of Fortune - Roger Crowley od authora Roger Crowley a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
| Autor |
Roger Crowley |
| Jazyk |
anglický |
| Rok vydání |
2012 |
| Žánr |
beletrie |
| Nakladatelství |
Faber and Faber |
