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Nobody but nobody writes history like Roger Crowley. I've now read all of his books and hope he writes more. I find military history mildly interesting, but only if the author makes clear why the material is significant to the lives and circumstances of real people. Crowley covers the history of medieval Venice, which might seem like a smallish topic until you realize, thanks to Crowley, that the role Venice played in the fate of Constantinople, Alexandria and other major cities, the critical el
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Jul 08, 2017
Terri
marked it as vaca-home-library

Jun 16, 2023
superawesomekt
marked it as bibliocurious