Crowley’s popular histories—this is his fourth—pivot around power politics of the Mediterranean Sea, circa 1453 (2005). Venice is the player this lively narrative focuses on, specifically during the three centuries, from 1200 to 1500, in which it was at the apex of its sway over maritime trade. Accenting the city-state’s mercantile spirit, Crowley supports his narrative of the ...(展开全部)

The rise and fall of the Venetian empire stands unrivaled for drama, intrigue, and sheer opulent majesty. In City of Fortune, Roger Crowley, acclaimed historian and New York Times bestselling author of Empires of the Sea, applies his narrative skill to chronicling the astounding five-hundred-year voyage of Venice to the pinnacle of power. Tracing the full arc of the Ven...(展开全部)

The rise and fall of the Venetian empire stands unrivaled for drama, intrigue, and sheer opulent majesty. In City of Fortune, Roger Crowley, acclaimed historian and New York Times bestselling author of Empires of the Sea, applies his narrative skill to chronicling the astounding five-hundred-year voyage of Venice to the pinnacle of power. Tracing the full arc of the Ven...(展开全部)

Crowley’s popular histories—this is his fourth—pivot around power politics of the Mediterranean Sea, circa 1453 (2005). Venice is the player this lively narrative focuses on, specifically during the three centuries, from 1200 to 1500, in which it was at the apex of its sway over maritime trade. Accenting the city-state’s mercantile spirit, Crowley supports his narrative of the ...(展开全部)

A magisterial work of gripping history, City of Fortune tells the story of the Venetian ascent from lagoon dwellers to the greatest power in the Mediterranean - an epic five hundred year voyage that encompassed crusade and trade, plague, sea battles and colonial adventure. In Venice, the path to empire unfolded in a series of extraordinary contests - the sacking of Constantinop...(展开全部)

A magisterial work of gripping history, City of Fortune tells the story of the Venetian ascent from lagoon dwellers to the greatest power in the Mediterranean - an epic five hundred year voyage that encompassed crusade and trade, plague, sea battles and colonial adventure. In Venice, the path to empire unfolded in a series of extraordinary contests - the sacking of Constantinop...(展开全部)

Ruskin surveys the great buildings of Venice, applying the principles enunciated in his "The Seven Lamps of Architecture" in a three-volume treatment. Volume I, "The Foundations, " presents a short history of the city and discusses architecture's functional and ornamental aspects. There is no better guide to the spiritual and aesthetic pleasures of architecture. Hardcover editi...(展开全部)

约翰·朱利叶斯·诺里奇（John Julius Norwich，1929—2018），英国历史作家、电视节目主持人，曾在英国外交部任职。著作有《西西里史》《撒哈拉》《英格兰南部建筑》《威尼斯史》《拜占庭史》等。他创作并主持过约三十部历史题材的电视纪录片。诺里奇勋爵曾任“拯救威尼斯”基金会主席、世界纪念性建筑基金会主席、国家名胜古迹信托机构执行委员会成员。他还是英国皇家文学学会、皇家地理学会和文物研究学会成员，获得过意大利共和国功勋勋章与英国皇家维多利亚勋章。

John Ruskin, Victorian England's greatest writer on art and literature, believed himself an adopted son of Venice, and his feelings for this city are exquisitely expressed in The Stones of Venice . This edition contains Ruskin's famous essay "The Nature of Gothic," a marvelously descriptive tour of Venice before its postwar restoration. As Ruskin wrote in 1851, "Thank God I am...(展开全部)

威廉·莎士比亚(1564-1616)，欧洲文艺复兴时期英国最伟大的剧作家和诗人，世界最杰出的大文豪。莎士比亚出生于英国沃里克都斯特拉特福镇的一个商人家庭，七岁上学，十六岁时因家境贫困而辍学。二十二岁时他离开家乡独自来到伦敦。最初在剧场里看马、做杂役，1588年前后开始创作剧本。 莎翁一生写下了不可胜数的剧本和诗歌，流传下来的有三十七部戏剧、两首长诗和一百五十四首十四行诗。他的主要成就是戏剧，被同时代的戏剧家称为“时代的灵魂”。而作为一位伟大的诗人，其十四行诗也被称为奉献给世界的“不朽的绝唱”。 1616年，莎翁逝世。巧合的是，他的生卒同为4月25日。