City of Fortune: How Venice Ruled the Seas

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 Venetian imperial saga for the first time, City of Fortune is framed around two of the grea…