Venice

<b>A spellbinding new portrait of one of the world&#146;s most beloved cities from the author of <i>Istanbul</i></b><br><br><i>La Serenissima</i>. Its breathtaking architecture art and opera ensure that Venice remains a perennially popular destination for tourists and armchair travelers alike. Yet most of the available books about this magical city are either facile travel guides or fusty academic tomes. In <i>Venice</i> renowned historian Thomas F. Madden draws on new research to explore the city&#146;s many astonishing achievements and to set 1500 years of Venetian history and the endless Venetian-led Crusades in the context of the ever-shifting Eurasian world. Filled with compelling insights and famous figures <i>Venice</i> is a monumental work of popular history that&#146;s as opulent and entertaining as the great city itself.