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Lotharingia: A Personal History of Europe's Lost Country
Contributor(s): Winder, Simon (Author)
ISBN: 1250251168     ISBN-13: 9781250251169
Publisher: Picador USA
OUR PRICE:   $21.60  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: July 2020
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe - Medieval
Dewey: 944.380
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.88 lbs) 528 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - French
- Cultural Region - Germany
- Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453)
- Cultural Region - Benelux
 
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Publisher Description:

Following Germania and Danubia, 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.


Contributor Bio(s): Winder, Simon: - Simon Winder is the author of the highly praised The Man Who Saved Britain and a trilogy of books about the history of Central Europe--the Sunday Times (London) Top Ten Bestseller Germania, Danubia, and Lotharingia. He works in publishing and lives in Wandsworth Town, London.