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…

Originally published in the United Kingdom by Viking Penguin, London –T.p. verso.

Renowned historian John Julius Norwich has created a brilliant portrait of four dynamic rulers–all born in the last decade of the 15th century–who collectively shaped modern Europe and the Middle…

Never before had the world seen four such giants co-existing. Sometimes friends, more often enemies, always rivals, these four men together held Europe in the hollow of their hands

From the origins of urbanization in Mesopotamia to the global metropolises of today, great cities have marked the development of human civilization. This book tells their stories, from Uruk and…

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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Never before had the world seen four such giants co-existing. Sometimes friends, more often enemies, always rivals, these four men together held Europe in the hollow of their hands

This double volume is the third part of Venetian Casanova’s memoirs, translated from the French between 1966 and 1971. His rich and varied life is recalled in an unabridged work…