The Makers of Venice : Doges, Conquerors, Painters, and Men of Letters

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An influential and prolific Victorian author, Margaret Oliphant (1828–97) wrote novels, short stories, biographies and a series of cultural histories of European cities through biographical sketches, of which this is the second. Originally published in 1887, it paints a vivid picture of the development of Venice during the middle ages and Renaissance.