Description
| Author/Contributor(s): | Wilson, Derek |
| Publisher: | Vintage |
| Date: | 6/12/2007 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
An incisive and absorbing biography of the legendary emperor who bridged ancient andmodern Europe and singlehandedly altered the course of Western history.
Charlemagnewas an extraordinary figure: an ingenious military strategist, a wise but ruthlessleader, a cunning politician, and a devout believer who ensured the survival of Christianityin the also believed himself above the rules of the church, siring bastardsacross Europe and coldly ordering the execution of 4,500 prisoners. Derek Wilsonshows how this complicated, fascinating man married the military might of his armyto the spiritual force of the Church in Rome, thereby forging Western is a remarkable portrait of Charlemagne and of the intricate political, religious,and cultural world he dominated.
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