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21 de may. de 2024 · At various points essays turn to John Julius Norwich’s extremely slight Paradise of Cities (which announces in its preface that the history of 19th-century Venice is of no interest), Peter Ackroyd’s Venice: Pure City (well-written and entertaining, but scarcely a work of scholarship), Margaret Doody, Tropic of Venice (a classic case of highly articulate but fundamentally dilettante ...
30 de abr. de 2024 · 30th April 1944. The descent of Mt Ida has been exceptionally arduous in the dark so the day is spent recovering in Vorini Trypa, the large cave above Nithavris on the side of Mt. Ida. That evening, in the rain and mist, they leave the cave and head further down the mountain into the bottom the Amari valley. It is a difficult and very dangerous ...
Hace 3 días · It recounts the story of the kidnap but includes many personal perspectives, particularly about Billy, and an important German perspective on the ‘reprisals’. At the end Gabrilla mentions the two annual prizes set up in her father’s name at the University of Crete.
Hace 5 días · The European country of Italy has been inhabited by humans since at least 850,000 years ago. Since classical antiquity, ancient Etruscans, various Italic peoples (such as the Latins, Samnites, and Umbri), Celts, Magna Graecia colonists, and other ancient peoples have inhabited the Italian Peninsula.. Italy was the birthplace and centre of the ancient Roman civilisation.
14 de may. de 2024 · A History of France John Julius Norwich. R$ R$ até R$ Nenhuma oferta encontrada ISBN-13: 9780802146700 ISBN-10: 0802146708 Ano: 2018 / Páginas: 493 Editora ... (The Wall Street Journal). Beginning with Julius Caesars conquest of Gaul in the first century BC, this study of French history comprises a cast of legendary ...
Hace 9 horas · a. ^ Paolo Lucio Anafesto is traditionally the first Doge of Venice, but John Julius Norwich suggests that this may be a mistake for Paul, Exarch of Ravenna, and that the traditional second doge Marcello Tegalliano may have been the similarly named magister militum to Paul. Their existence as doges is uncorroborated by any source before the 11th century, but as Norwich suggests, is probably ...
Hace 6 días · St Teresa of Avila was one of the towering figures of the Counter-Reformation, both as a theologian and as a reformer of the religious life. Here, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, discusses her insights into spiritual growth and prayer, the impact her Jewish roots had on her life and career, and why Bernini’s statue of her ...
