A History of Venice: Queen of the Seas -- Thomas F. Madden

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/99275 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A History of Venice: Queen of the Seas Author: Thomas F. Madden Narrator: Thomas F. Madden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 42 minutes Release date: April 9, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Renowned professor Thomas F. Madden focuses his expertise on what has been called the most beautiful city in the world-Venice. In these lectures, Professor Madden explains how the city on the lagoon was established by refugees escaping the onslaught of northern 'barbarians' invading the crumbling Roman Empire. Through its history, Venice housed the world's leading merchants, thrived as a maritime powerhouse, and developed into an independent republic not unlike the present United States. Venice draws millions of visitors each year, and these lectures shed light on why the city is such a continual source of fascination.