{"product_id":"dubrovnik-by-robin-harris-9780863569593","title":"Dubrovnik","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSince 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDubrovnik 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDubrovnik\u003c\/em\u003e by Robin Harris 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46849031864556,"sku":"9780863569593","price":69.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/12449883482495.jpg?v=1759010336","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/dubrovnik-by-robin-harris-9780863569593","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}