City of fortune : how Venice won and lost a naval empire
by Crowley, Roger
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0571245943
- ISBN 13
- 9780571245949
- Seller
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Synopsis
Roger Crowley was born in 1951 and spent part of his childhood in Malta. He read English at Cambridge University and taught English in Istanbul, where he developed a strong interest in the history of Turkey. He has traveled extensively throughout the Mediterranean basin over many years and has a wide-ranging knowledge of its history and culture. He lives in Gloucestershire, England. He is also the author of 1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and The Clash of Islam and the West and Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World. From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 352784
- Title
- City of fortune : how Venice won and lost a naval empire
- Author
- Crowley, Roger
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0571245943
- ISBN 13
- 9780571245949
- Publisher
- London : Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2011
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