{"product_id":"venice-a-new-history-9780147509802","title":"Venice: A New History","description":"\u003cb\u003eA spellbinding new portrait of one of the world's most beloved cities, from the author of \u003ci\u003eIstanbul\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLa Serenissima\u003c\/i\u003e. Its breathtaking architecture, art, and opera ensure that Venice remains a perennially popular destination for tourists and armchair travelers alike. Yet most of the available books about this magical city are either facile travel guides or fusty academic tomes. In \u003ci\u003eVenice\u003c\/i\u003e, renowned historian Thomas F. Madden draws on new research to explore the city's many astonishing achievements and to set 1,500 years of Venetian history and the endless Venetian-led Crusades in the context of the ever-shifting Eurasian world. Filled with compelling insights and famous figures, \u003ci\u003eVenice\u003c\/i\u003e is a monumental work of popular history that's as opulent and entertaining as the great city itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/29\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780147509802\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.10d","brand":"Thomas F. Madden","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43180562284725,"sku":"9780147509802","price":17.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1f2fa764-fe31-4c3f-bba7-e55a2546f27b.jpg?v=1697515917","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/venice-a-new-history-9780147509802","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}