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Author : Nicholas Walton
Release : 2015
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 127/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Genoa, 'la Superba' by : Nicholas Walton
Download or read book Genoa, 'la Superba' written by Nicholas Walton. This book was released on 2015. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of Genoa's journey from obscurity to its status as a merchant-pirate superpower that helped create the medieval world
Author : Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer
Release : 2016-03-14
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 233/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis La Superba by : Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer
Download or read book La Superba written by Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer. This book was released on 2016-03-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An ode to the imagination."—NRC Handelsblad A joy to read, La Superba, winner of the most prestigious Dutch literary prize, is a Rabelaisian, stylistic tour-de-force. Migration, legal and illegal, is at the center of this novel about a writer who becomes trapped in his walk on the wild side in mysterious and exotic Genoa, the labyrinthine port city nicknamed "La Superba." Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer (b. 1968), poet, dramatist, novelist, renowned in the Netherlands as a master of language, is the only two-time winner of the Tzum Prize for "the most beautiful sentence written in Dutch" (including one in La Superba!).
Author : Nicholas Walton
Release : 2015-01-09
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 131/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Genoa, 'La Superba' by : Nicholas Walton
Download or read book Genoa, 'La Superba' written by Nicholas Walton. This book was released on 2015-01-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Genoa has an incredible story to tell. It rose from an obscurity imposed by its harsh geography to become a merchant-pirate superpower that helped create the medieval world. It fought bitter battles with its great rival Venice and imprisoned Marco Polo, as the feuding city-states connected Europe to the glories of the East. It introduced the Black Death to Europe, led the fight against the Barbary Corsairs, bankrolled Imperial Spain, and gave the world Christopher Columbus and a host of fearless explorers. Genoa and Liguria provided the brains and the heroism behind the Risorgimento, and was the last place emigrants saw before building new lives across the Atlantic. It played host to writers and Grand Tourists, gave football to the Italians, and helped build modern Italy. Today, along with the glorious Riviera coast of Liguria, Genoa provides some of the finest places on earth to sip wine, eat pesto and enjoy spectacular views. This book brings the past to life and paints a portrait of a modern port city and region that is only now coming to terms with a past that is as bloody, fascinating and influential as any in Europe.
Author : Steven A. Epstein
Release : 1996
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 927/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Genoa and the Genoese, 958-1528 by : Steven A. Epstein
Download or read book Genoa and the Genoese, 958-1528 written by Steven A. Epstein. This book was released on 1996. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of Genoa, tracing the city's transformation from an obscure port into the capital of a small but thriving republic with an extensive overseas empire. Covering six centuries, the text interweaves political events, economic trends, social conditions and cultural accomplishments.
Author : Ilja Pfeijffer
Release : 2016-03-15
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 225/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis La Superba by : Ilja Pfeijffer
Download or read book La Superba written by Ilja Pfeijffer. This book was released on 2016-03-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A master of language, Pfeijffer's autobiographical novel about migration, illegal and legal, in Genoa tells the story of Europe today
