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City of Fortune at the Kelley Library

Roger Crowley's City of Fortune: How Venice Ruled the seas will be discussed

Please join us Wednesday March 11th at 7 PM. We love to hear your opinion on books. Copies of this book are available at the front desk.

“[Crowley] writes with a racy briskness that lifts sea battles and sieges off the page.”—The New York Times

“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

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