City of Fortune: How Venice Ruled the Seas

基本信息

作者: Roger Crowley

Paperback: 435页

出版社: Faber and Faber (2012年8月2日)

语种: 英语

ISBN: 9780571245956                                                 

产品尺寸及重量: 250 x 132 x 25 (mm) | 270g

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

地中海史诗系列三部曲的最后一部《财富之城》则可算是威尼斯共和国简史，不过侧重于其在地中海上的外交与战争，尤其是与奥斯曼帝国的对抗。数百年间，威尼斯从礁湖渔村崛起为海上贸易强国，并且开疆拓土，盘踞了爱琴海沿岸许多地区，凭借狡黠的外交手腕、强悍的海军和金钱贿赂，左右逢源于东西方势力之间，与基督教和穆斯林世界都做生意，在不同时期与双方都发生过武装冲突，此中故事非常精彩。

The New York Times bestselling author of Empires of the Sea charts Venice’s astounding five-hundred-year voyage to the pinnacle of power in an epic story that stands unrivaled for drama, intrigue, and sheer opulent majesty. City of Fortune traces the full arc of the Venetian imperial saga, from the ill-fated Fourth Crusade, which culminates in the sacking of Constantinople in 1204, to the Ottoman-Venetian War of 1499–1503, which sees the Ottoman Turks supplant the Venetians as the preeminent naval power in the Mediterranean. In between are three centuries of Venetian maritime dominance, during which a tiny city of “lagoon dwellers” grow into the richest place on earth. Drawing on firsthand accounts of pitched sea battles, skillful negotiations, and diplomatic maneuvers, Crowley paints a vivid picture of this avaricious, enterprising people and the bountiful lands that came under their dominion. From the opening of the spice routes to the clash between Christianity and Islam, Venice played a leading role in the defining conflicts of its time—the reverberations of which are still being felt today.

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“[Crowley] writes with a racy briskness that lifts sea battles and sieges off the page.”—The New York Times

“Crowley chronicles the peak of Venice’s past glory with Wordsworthian sympathy, supplemented by impressive learning and infectious enthusiasm.”—The Wall Street Journal

作者简介

罗杰·克劳利（Roger Crowley），历史学家。他出生于英格兰，剑桥大学毕业后，曾久居伊斯坦布尔，并对土耳其的历史产生了浓厚的兴趣。他花费数年时间广泛游历了地中海世界，这使他拥有对地中海的渊博的历史和地理知识。著有“地中海史诗三部曲”《1453》《海洋帝国》和《财富之城》。

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.