--- product_id: 304913836 title: "City of Fortune: How Venice Won and Lost a Naval Empire" price: "$54.83" currency: USD in_stock: true reviews_count: 5 url: https://www.desertcart.us/products/304913836-city-of-fortune-how-venice-won-and-lost-a-naval store_origin: US region: United States of America --- # Detailed naval and trade warfare insights Covers 500 years of Mediterranean empire 432 pages of rich history City of Fortune: How Venice Won and Lost a Naval Empire **Price:** $54.83 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > ⚓ Navigate the tides of history with Venice’s untold empire story! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** City of Fortune: How Venice Won and Lost a Naval Empire - **How much does it cost?** $54.83 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.us](https://www.desertcart.us/products/304913836-city-of-fortune-how-venice-won-and-lost-a-naval) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Award-Winning Read:** Highly rated with 4.6 stars from 372 history enthusiasts. - • **Epic 500-Year Voyage:** Trace Venice’s rise from lagoon dwellers to Mediterranean superpower. - • **Gripping Naval Battles:** Experience the fierce clashes with Genoa and defenses against the Turks. - • **Cultural Mosaic of Wealth:** Discover how Venice became the richest city through trade and conquest. - • **Rich Historical Narrative:** Based on firsthand accounts of trade, piracy, and empire-building. ## Overview City of Fortune is a 432-page paperback published in 2012 that chronicles Venice’s extraordinary 500-year rise and fall as a dominant naval empire in the Mediterranean. Combining firsthand historical accounts with vivid storytelling, it explores Venice’s trade, warfare, and cultural wealth, making it a must-read for history buffs and professionals fascinated by economic and military history. ## Description A magisterial work of gripping history, City of Fortune tells the story of the Venetian ascent from lagoon dwellers to the greatest power in the Mediterranean - an epic five hundred year voyage that encompassed crusade and trade, plague, sea battles and colonial adventure. In Venice, the path to empire unfolded in a series of extraordinary contests - the sacking of Constantinople in 1204, the fight to the finish with Genoa and a desperate defence against the Turks. Under the lion banner of St Mark, she created an empire of ports and naval bases which funnelled the goods of the world through its wharfs. In the process the city became the richest place on earth - a brilliant mosaic fashioned from what it bought, traded, borrowed and stole. Based on first hand accounts of trade and warfare, seafaring and piracy and the places where Venetians sailed and died, City of Fortune is narrative history at its finest. Beginning on Ascension Day in the year 1000 and ending with an explosion off the coast of Greece - and the calamitous news that the Portuguese had pioneered a sea route to India - it will fascinate anyone who loves Venice and the Mediterranean world. Review: Un punto di vista diverso e particolare sulla storia della Serenissima. - Un libro fondamentale sulla storia di Venezia, offre una prospettiva diversa dal solito sull'espansione della Serenessima. Un vero peccato che il libro non sia tradotto in italiano, anche se la lettura in inglese è relativamente scorrevole. Consigliato! Review: Uma jóia de leitura - Surpreendente e bem escrito, leitura essencial para quem gosta de história e viaja a Veneza ## Features - Binding: Paperback - Language of Text: English - Publication Year: 2012 - Number of Pages: 432 - ISBN: 9780571245956 - Product Dimensions: 12.6 x 2.7 x 19.8 cm ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #96,657 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #229 in Economic History #529 in Military History #717 in History of Europe | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 372 Reviews | ## Images ![City of Fortune: How Venice Won and Lost a Naval Empire - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91RTwGyqQyL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Un punto di vista diverso e particolare sulla storia della Serenissima. *by A***. on 19 August 2017* Un libro fondamentale sulla storia di Venezia, offre una prospettiva diversa dal solito sull'espansione della Serenessima. Un vero peccato che il libro non sia tradotto in italiano, anche se la lettura in inglese è relativamente scorrevole. Consigliato! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Uma jóia de leitura *by F***O on 1 July 2022* Surpreendente e bem escrito, leitura essencial para quem gosta de história e viaja a Veneza ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ City of Fortune book. *by M***L on 19 December 2025* Great book, great author. A very interesting and informative read. 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