- Paperback: 704 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (27 Oct 1983)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140066233
- ISBN-13: 978-0140066234
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15 x 5.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 218,380 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
It's a real testament to the skill of the author that this emerges as a fascinating and exciting read as well as a comprehensive and authoritative account of such a wide swathe of history. It chronicles the Republic's changing fortunes from beginning to end through eleven centuries, conveying a real sense of its spirit and character, with major players and battles leaping from the pages. The inevitable fall, when it comes, is all the more poignant for all that has come before, and casts the modern depopulation and disintegration of Venice in a new light. It's a great story whatever your interest in the subject, and this version must be pretty close to definitive.
29 of 30 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A superbly written gallop across more than 1,000 years of history, charting the rise and fall of one of Europe's greatest city-states. This is an epic narrative which sweeps along through major historical events, but never fails to remember the human beings on the way: sad or humourous, poignant or whimsical, always entertaining glimpses of the real people who made history happen. From dashing military leaders to subtle politicians to everyday citizens who turned the course of empires with grand stratagems, bold manouevres or well-aimed pots, Norwich's book makes their stories live and breathe. If you plan to visit Venice, this is a must-read book. If you don't plan to visit Venice, what's wrong with you?
69 of 73 people found the following review helpful
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A comprehensive, elaborate and engaging account of the rise and final, swift fall of the Venetian republic. Norwich manages to bind even complex and intricate side-plots and parallel historical events into an involved and vivid narrative. Occasionally oddly judgmental, and in the typical style of English historians, i.e. sceptical and a little afraid of personalities and events which are difficult to classify. Sometimes events and ages suffer a little from being embedded in this sweeping narrative. Yet it stands as a remarkable work of involved historianship, which continues to put many of the more fragmented and specialized academic works that followed in the shade. Erudite, fluent and stimulating.
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Great book, but the kindle version is awful.
First of all let me say that the writing here is superb, and the book provides all the historical background you could need as a lay reader. Read more
Published 7 days ago by S. P. Button
A compelling history beautifully told.
In the last year I have read Norwich's 3-volume history of Byzantium. His history of Venice seemed a logical place to go from there. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Cardew Robinson
Great book but the Kindle edition is full of typos
The book is fascinating but the Kindle edition is full of typos. My guess is the ebook must have been created by scanning and OCR (optical character recognition) from the printed... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Marco N.
Astonishingly brilliant book...
...but marked down by two stars for the stupidly excessive price of the Kindle version, which is unaccountably more expensive than the paperback.
Published 11 months ago by T. J. Austin
1400 years, told with panache and accuracy
This is a dazzling history of a unique political entity - an oligarchic republic surrounded by feudal autocracies, religiously moderate hundreds of years before toleration... Read more
Published 12 months ago by rob crawford
Marvellous, colourful history
This is an absolutely marvellous history of Venice, packed full of colourful incident and dramatic developments. Read more
Published 23 months ago by John Hopper
A History of Venice
This history of Venice is incredibly well researched, detailed and academic.It is totally unsuitable for casual tourists who want to brush up on a bit of background before a short... Read more
Published on 18 Nov 2009 by M. Loader
Brilliant
This book of Julius Norwich is by far the best book I've read about history of Venice
Published on 21 Oct 2009 by "Nobody"
The Primacy of Venetian Political Relations
This review refers to the 2003 Penguin edition, which consists of what had been two separate books issued in 1977 and 1981 respectively, namely "Venice: The Rise to Empire" and... Read more
Published on 25 Nov 2007 by Nicholas Casley
Another notable achievement of John Julius Norwich
Having read Norwich's previous work "A Short History of Byzantium" i was expecting great things from his History of Venice and to be frank i wasnt disappointed. Read more
Published on 1 Aug 2007 by M. E. Noone
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