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The likeness of Venice : a life of Doge Francesco Foscari, 1373-1457
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ISBN: 9780300112023 0300112025 Year: 2007 Publisher: New Haven, Conn. Yale University Press

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Immortalized in later centuries in works by Lord Byron, Giuseppe Verdi, Eugne Delacroix, and others, Francesco Foscari reigned as the powerful doge of Venice during tumultuous years from 1423 to 1457. The stuff of legends, his life was marked by political conflict, vengeful enemies, family heartbreak, and, at the end, the forced relinquishment of the ducal throne. Yet Foscari left behind no personal papers, and until now, no complete biography of him has been written. This book, a thorough and fascinating biography, fills that longstanding gap, illuminating not only the life of the man but also the history and culture of fifteenth-century Venice. Dennis Romano reconstructs Foscari's life through careful reading of extant governmental records and chronicle sources. He also uses architectural monuments built by Foscari and his heirs as critical interpretive keys for unlocking the personality and policies of the doge. Romano analyzes how art and power intersected in Renaissance Italy and how the doge came to represent and even embody the state. With this biography, Romano clears away longstanding myths, fills in previously unknown details about Foscari's triumphs and ordeals, and allows to emerge the first intimate portrait of this singular doge.

Affirming psychosis : the mass appeal of Adolf Hitler
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ISBN: 3631547889 9783631547885 Year: 2007 Publisher: Frankfurt am Main : Lang,

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Iosif Vissarionovič Stalin : enciklopediia.
ISBN: 5699189432 Year: 2007 Publisher: Moskva Algoritm

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Young Stalin
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ISBN: 9780297850687 Year: 2007 Publisher: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson,

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La religion gaulliste
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ISBN: 9782262021986 2262021988 Year: 2007 Publisher: Paris: Perrin,

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Madame la... : ces femmes qui nous gouvernent.
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ISBN: 2259199011 9782259199018 Year: 2007 Publisher: Paris Plon

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Fidel Castro : biographie à deux voix
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ISBN: 9782213631882 2213631883 Year: 2007 Publisher: Paris Fayard/Galilée


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ISBN: 9788815119971 Year: 2007 Publisher: Bologna : Il mulino,

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La véritable histoire de Jules César
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ISBN: 9782251443188 2251443185 Year: 2007 Volume: hors-série Publisher: Paris : Belles Lettres,

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