Genoa, 'La superba' : the rise and fall of a merchant pirate superpower /
"Genoa has an incredible story to tell. It rose from an obscurity imposed by its harsh geography to become a merchant-pirate superpower that helped create the medieval world. It fought bitter battles with its great rival Venice and imprisoned Marco Polo, as the feuding city-states connected Eur...
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London, United Kingdom :
Hurst & Company,
2015.
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Table of Contents:
- The medieval heart of Genoa
- Nowhere to turn but the sea
- The downtrodden
- The Ligurian menu
- La Superba against La Serenissima
- The Plague
- From Francesco the Spiteful to the Flowerseller of Seborga
- When is a pirate not a pirate?
- The Steve Jobs of the Mediterranean
- Lepanto and the end of the Mediterranean era
- A city of adventurers
- The Grand Tourists
- Napoleon and the French influence
- Unification and emigration
- The green fist of pesto
- The English gift of football
- Shipbuilding in builds modern Italy
- Surviving Mussolini
- Golden years on the Riviera
- Strung out along a brutal coastline
- The Derby della Lanterna.