EAN: 9780241305256

KING AND EMPEROR - JANET L NELSON KARTONIERT (TB)

A DAILY TELEGRAPH AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 'A remarkable book: the
dramatic story of a truly extraordinary man ... brilliant' Helen Castor  author of She-Wolves A
major new biography of one of the most extraordinary of all rulers  and the father of
present-day Europe Charles  King of the Franks  is one of the most remarkable figures ever to
rule a European super-state. That is why he is so often called 'Charles the Great': by the
French 'Charlemagne'  and by the Germans 'Karl der Grosse'. His strength of character was felt
to be remarkable from early in his long reign. Warfare and accident  vermin and weather have
destroyed much of the evidence for his rule in the twelve centuries since his death  but a
remarkable amount still survives. Janet L. Nelson's wonderful new book brings together
everything we know about Charlemagne and sifts through the evidence to come as close as we can
to understanding the man and his motives. Nelson has an extraordinary knowledge of the sources
and much of the book is a sort of detective story  prying into and interpreting fascinating
material and often obdurate scraps  from prayerbooks to skeletons  gossip to artwork. Above all
Charles' legacy lies in his deeds and their continuing resonance  as he shaped duchies and
counties  rebuilt and founded towns and monasteries  and consciously set himself up not just as
King of the Franks  but as the new 'Emperor governing the Roman Empire'. His successors - in
some ways to the present day - have struggled to interpret  misinterpret  copy or subvert
Charlemagne's legacy. Nelson gets us as close as we can ever hope to come to the real figure 
as understood in his own time.

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