Lotharingia

Download or Read eBook Lotharingia PDF written by Simon Winder and published by Picador. This book was released on 2019-03-12 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Lotharingia
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Publisher : Picador
Total Pages : 598
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ISBN-10 : 9781760785215
ISBN-13 : 1760785210
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Book Synopsis Lotharingia by : Simon Winder

Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of Germania, Lotharinigia is the third installment in Simon Winder's personal history of Europe. In 843 AD, 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 the territory and go their separate ways. In a moment of staggering significance, one grandson inherited the area we now know as France, another Germany and the third received the piece in between: Lotharingia. Lotharingia is a history of in-between Europe. It is the story of a place between places. In this beguiling, hilarious and compelling book, Simon Winder retraces the various powers that have tried to overtake the land that stretches from the mouth of the Rhine to the Alps and the might of the peoples who have lived there for centuries.


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