Lotharingia: A Personal History of Europe's Lost Country

by Simon Winder

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374192189
• ISBN13: 9780374192181
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.3" x 9.2"