ARGONAUT BOOKS

Here is an illustrated history of Venice, from its beginnings as 'La Serenissima' - 'the Most Serene Republic' - to the Italian city that continues to enchant visitors today. Dream and romance have conditioned myriad encounters with Venice across the centuries, but the city's story embodies another kind of experience altogether - the hard reality of an independent state built on conquest, profit and entitlement and on the toughness and resilience of a free people. In this illustrated study of key moments in Venice's history, from its half-legendary founding amid the collapse of the Roman empir...Read More