Product Description

Since emerging as a settlement in the seventh century, Dubrovnik held a significant position beyond what could have been expected of this tiny city-state. Its merchants, trading throughout the huge Ottoman Empire, enjoyed privileges denied to other Western states. A politically skilled and commercially enterprising ruling class took every opportunity to maximise the Republic’s wealth. Dubrovnik also faced the extreme dangers posed by Venetian aggressors, Ottoman plotters, a terrible earthquake in 1667 and, finally, the will of Napoleon. In 1991–92 the city survived the besieging Yugoslav army, which heavily damaged but did not destroy Dubrovnik’s cultural heritage. This book is a comprehensive history of Dubrovnik’s progress over twelve centuries of European development, encompassing arts, architecture, social and economic changes and the traumas of war and politics.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #998467 in Books
• Published on: 2003-05-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 550 pages

Literary Review
Detailed, scholarly and eminently readable, Dubrovnik is a triumph of book production. This is a splendid volume.

The Sunday Telegraph
Learned, fluently written and lavishly illustrated.

Professor Norman Stone
Unravelling the complex history of Dubrovnik takes skills of a high order, and Robin Harris has these.

Customer Reviews

A complete history
This is an excellent book detailing evrything you want to know about the history of this beautiful area. I really enjoyed the well-researched and well-written details of all aspects of the Ragusan Republic making my holiday in the area that much more rewarding.