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| #1625003 in eBooks | 2009-06-30 | 2009-06-30 | File type: PDF||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Very informative and readable book for background on the history and development of the Venetian lagoon and islands|By B. Gooden|Published in 2005 (the paperback I bought), this is a great read about the Venetian lagoon area, Including of course Venice itself, including a lot of historical information. This is not a picture book or history book, though there are pictures and s||This is an excellent book. The history of the city is recounted as if it were a story, which makes the whole work eminently readable. The history of Venice is as meandering as its canals, and to have achieved an overall straightforward path through it is no sm
Venice came to life on mudflats at the edge of the habitable world. Protected in a tidal estuary from invaders and Byzantine overlords, the fishermen and traders who settled there crafted a way of life unlike anything the Roman Empire had ever known. In an astonishing feat of narrative history, James H. S. McGregor recreates this world, with its waterways rather than roads and its livelihood harvested from the sea. The narrative follows both a chronological and geographi...
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