City of Fortune "The rise and fall of Venice"s empire is an irresistible story and [Roger] Crowley, with his rousing descriptive gifts and scholarly attention to detail, is its perfect chronicler."--"The Financial Times" " The "New York Times" bestselling author of "Empires of the Sea" charts Venice"s astounding five-hundred-year voyage to the pinnacle of power in an epic story that stands unrivaled for drama, i... Full description