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I added this book to my reading list after listening to Romano's appearance on the Tides of History Podcast with Patrick Wyman. At that point, I did not realize it would be a 30 hour audiobook experience that was a complete chronological deep dive into the city's entire history. Given that, and the fact that I've never been, this book is kinda overkill for me, personally. But it is objectively a very solid and comprehensive history that has something for everybody. For me personally, I found the evolution of Venice's political systems to be the most intriguing aspect of this book; seeing how the polity adjusted the dial from democracy to oligarchy to adapt to the political moment, and how it responded to the forces of global competition, labor, and fascism over the last two centuries, was a fascinating insight into resilience (one that may have some applicable lessons for, uh, certain times).