LEADER 00000nim 2200000Ki 4500 001 ocn881322462 003 OCoLC 005 20140612123836.0 007 sd fsngnnmmned 008 140612t20142012ctunnnn h n eng d 020 9781452619477 020 1452619476 035 (OCoLC)881322462 040 GPI|cGPI|erda|beng 049 GPIA 100 1 Strathern, Paul,|d1940-|eauthor. 245 14 The Venetians :|ba new history from Marco Polo to Casanova /|cPaul Strathern. 250 Unabridged. 264 1 [Old Saybrook, Ct.] :|bTantor Media, Inc.,|c[2012] 300 11 sound discs (13 hrs., 30 mins.) :|bCD audio, digital ; |c4 3/4 in. 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 audio|bs|2rdamedia 338 audio disc|bsd|2rdacarrier 344 digital|boptical|2rda 347 audio file|bCD audio|2rda 500 Title from disc. 500 Compact discs. 500 GMD: CD BOOK 511 0 Narrator: Derek Perkins. 520 By profiling some of the most celebrated personalities of European history, including Marco Polo, Galileo, Titian, Petrarch, Vivaldi and Casanova, this vibrant history of the Republic of Venice reveals how it became the first great economic, cultural and naval power of the modern Western world. 520 "The Republic of Venice was the first great economic, cultural, and naval power of the modern Western world. After winning the struggle for ascendancy in the late 13th century, the Republic enjoyed centuries of unprecedented glory and built a trading empire which at its apogee reached as far afield as China, Syria and West Africa. This golden period only drew to an end with the Republic's eventual surrender to Napoleon. The Venetians illuminates the character of the Republic during these illustrious years by shining a light on some of the most celebrated personalities of European history--Petrarch, Marco Polo, Galileo, Titian, Vivaldi, Casanova. Frequently, though, these emblems of the city found themselves at odds with the Venetian authorities who prized stability above all else, and were notoriously suspicious of any "cult of personality." Was this very tension perhaps the engine for the Republic's unprecedented rise? Rich with biographies of some of the most exalted characters who have ever lived, The Venetians is a refreshing and authoritative new look at the history of the most evocative of city states." |cProvided by publisher. 521 General adult. 651 0 Venice (Italy)|xHistory. 651 0 Venice (Italy)|vBiography. 655 7 Audiobooks.|2lcgft 700 1 Perkins, Derek,|enarrator. 710 2 Tantor Media, Inc. 994 02|bGPI
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