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Book Title: Birth of the Despot : Venice and the Sublime Porte
Item Length: 8in
Item Height: 0.4in
Item Width: 5in
Author: Lucette Valensi
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Europe / Italy, Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire, Sociology / General, Political Ideologies / Fascism & Totalitarianism, Europe / General
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication Year: 2009
Genre: History, Social Science, Political Science
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Number of Pages: 132 Pages
