Synopsis
A Sunday Times History Book of the Year
Shortlisted for The Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year Award
'No Briton has written better than Winder about Europe' - Sunday Times
In AD 843, the three surviving grandsons of the great Emperor Charlemagne met at Verdun. After years of bitter squabbles over who would inherit the family land, they finally decided to divide...
Details
20 February 2020528 pages
9781509803262Imprint: Picador
Reviews
A master of the art of making history both funny and fun . . . Once again he brings Germany bouncing back to lifeSimon Jenkins, author of A Short History of Europe
Winder is our guide with delicious festive wit, and equal eruditionDiarmaid MacCulloch, Tablet
Weird and wonderful . . . No Briton has written better than Winder about EuropeDaniel Johnson, Sunday Times
There is so much fascinating detail in this book that it is hard to put down . . .Michael Burleigh, author of The Best of Times, The Worst of Times: A History of Now
