Disclosure : This site contains affiliate links to products. We may receive a commission for purchases made through these links.

Lotharingia: A Personal History of Europe`s Lost Country

Shortlisted for the 2020 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award`s Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year”He is a master of the art of making history both funny and fun, with never any loss of seriousness. Once again he brings Germany bouncing back to life.” Simon Jenkins, author of `A Short History of Europe`.At the heart of western Europe lies a huge swath of land, stretching from the mud and fogs of the North Sea coast, down through countless market towns, ports, fortresses and ancient cathedrals, through a mass of river systems and forests, all the way to the great barrier of the Alps. Divided by their languages, religions and frontiers, everyone living there shares one thing: that they are inhabitants of a lost part of Europe ‘“ Lotharingia.In his highly entertaining new book Simon Winder tells the story of this ghostly but persistent presence. In AD 843, 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 what became France, another Germany and the third Lotharingia, the chunk that initially divided the other two chunks: ‘˜the lands of Lothar’™. The dynamic between these three great zones has dictated much of our subsequent fate.`Lotharingia` is a history of this in-between land and joins the equally fascinating `Germania` and `Danubia` in Simon Winder’™s personal exploration of Europe. In this beguiling, hilarious and compelling book we retrace how both from west and from east any number of ambitious characters have tried and failed to grapple with these people. Over many centuries, not only has Lotharingia brought forth many of Europe’™s greatest artists, inventors and thinkers, but it has also reduced many a would-be conqueror to helpless tears of rage and frustration.

Related Products:

Lotharingia: A Personal History of France, Germany and the Countries In-Between Germania: A Personal History of Germans Ancient and Modern Danubia: A Personal History of Habsburg Europe The Germans and Europe: A Personal Frontline History The History of Europe in Bite-sized Chunks There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra The River Of Lost Footsteps – A Personal History of Burma Short History Of Europe: A Pocket Essential The Rhine: Following Europe`s Greatest River from Amsterdam to the Alps A History of Hungary – Millenium in Central Europe Last Days in Old Europe: Trieste `79, Vienna `85, Prague `89 The Holy Roman Empire: A Thousand Years of Europe`s History The Shortest History of Europe Europe: A Natural History A Short History of Europe: From Pericles to Putin Land of Eagles: Riding Through Europe`s Forgotten Country Europe`s Tragedy: A New History of the Thirty Years War Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 Europe Before History The Ancient Paths: Discovering the Lost Map of Celtic Europe The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine Ottoman Odyssey: Travels through a Lost Empire Europe: A History The Inheritance of Rome – History of Europe from 400 to 1000 Trans-Europe Express: Tours of a Lost Continent A History of Britain Vol. 2 A History of the World in 21 Women: A Personal Selection The Lost Pianos of Siberia: A Sunday Times Book of 2020 The Penguin History of Europe Pilgrimage: The Great Pilgrim Routes of Britain and Europe A History of Britain in 21 Women: A Personal Selection Reluctant Meister: Germany and the New Europe Out of Ashes: A New History of Europe in the Twentieth Century Europe – An Intimate Journey Europe: Stanfords Map of Europe in 1884 SMALL Stanford`s Tourists` Map of Europe (1928) – A4 Wall Map, Paper Stanford`s Tourists` Map of Europe (1928) – A2 Wall Map, Paper Stanford`s Tourists` Map of Europe (1928) – A2 Wall Map, Canvas Stanford`s Tourists` Map of Europe (1928) – A1 Wall Map, Paper Stanford`s Tourists` Map of Europe (1928) – A1 Wall Map, Canvas