The Paradise of Cities 2003

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The author of A History of Venice traces the period during which the city rose from a proud independent state to a cultural mecca, as told from the perspectives of such figures as Napoleon, Lord Byron, Henry James, and Robert Browning.

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Books by John Julius Norwich:

• A History of Venice (1982)
• The Paradise of Cities (2003)
• Shakespeare's Kings (2001)
• Absolute Monarchs (2011)
• A Short History of Byzantium (1997)
• The Middle Sea (2007)