""The Republic of Ragusa: An Episode of the Turkish Conquest"" by Luigi Villari is a historical account of the small independent state of Ragusa, which existed on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea from the 14th to the 19th century. The book focuses on the period of the Turkish conquest in the 16th century, when the Republic of Ragusa was caught between the expanding Ottoman Empire and the powerful Christian states of Europe. Villari provides a...