Thanks Defen - will check it out. I liked Crowley, with a few criticisms: - the back-and-forth, lack of a completely chronological narrative threw me a couple

Thanks Defen - will check it out. I liked Crowley, with a few criticisms: - the back-and-forth, lack of a completely chronological narrative threw me a couple of times. - Also, because he was hyper focused on Venice, it was sometimes amazing what he left out (ie, much of what happened under the Latin Empire) - Lastly, I wish he had covered the final decline and death of the Venetian republic - he stopped for all practical purposes 200 years early.