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Paperback $19.00
Jun 12, 2007 | ISBN 9780307274809
The Treasure of the City of Ladies
Lucia
The Embarrassment of Riches
The Nuns of Sant’Ambrogio
The Maid and the Queen
Western Society and the Church in the Middle Ages
Vienna, 1814
The Real History Behind the Templars
Two Lives of Charlemagne
Praise
Praise for Derek Wilson’s Charlemagne
“Wilson interrelates the personal and political. . . with an effectiveness that few other biographers have matched.” —The Sunday Telegraph (London)
“Fast-paced. . . . Wilson deftly chronicles Charlemagne’s military exploits, political intrigues and religious devotion.” —Publishers Weekly
“Masterful and lively. . . . [Wilson] writes with great conviction and a breathtaking attention to the kind of personal detail that makes his books such compelling reading.” —Alison Weir, author of The Six Wives of Henry VIII
“Brilliant. . . . An utterly captivating and exquisitely written narrative about the rise and fall of the Carolingian empire. . . . Charlemagne is also a timely and provocative essay about the idea of Europe.” —Donald Yerxa, editor at Historically Speaking
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