A review by kdtoverbooked
A History of Venice by John Julius Norwich

1.0

There are so many things I could say about this book. None of them are pleasant. Why this book was placed on my 100 books challenge poster is well beyond my understanding. It was pure drudgery to push through the 639! pages of name after name after name from the history of Venice beginning before 727 until a thousand years later. Doge, War, Peace, Religion, Death on repeat. Unless you are a scholar or an insomniac (or doing this challenge with me), do yourself a favor and skip this one.