This slim volume came out in the autumn and has been picked up so swiftly each time it arrives in the shop that we’ve hardly been able to keep it in stock…
Venice’s Secret Service: Organizing Intelligence in the Renaissance
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ÂŁ38.49
Edition:Hardback978019879131728/10/2019
Categories: 02. Books for the New Year 2020: History, Books for the New Year 2020, History, Venice in Peril, Venice in Peril: History & Current Affairs
Tags: c 1400 to c 1499 (period of the Italian Renaissance), Espionage, Espionage and secret services, European history: Renaissance, Italy, Social and cultural history, Venice
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