The most important study of Charlemagne in a generation, this biography by distinguished medievalist Alessandro Barbero illuminates both the man and the world in which he lived. Charles the Great--Charlemagne--reigned from a.d. 768 to a.d. 814. At the time if his death, his empire stretched across E[...]
At Waterloo, some 70,000 men under Napoleon and an equal number under Wellington faced one another in a titanic battle. This account focusses on military history and provides an account of a battle that reversed the tide of European history.[...]
Det var den 9 augusti år 378, vid staden Adrianopel i provinsen Thrake, som det romerska riket började falla. Två år tidigare hade en oförutsedd flod av flyktingar från den germanska stam som kallades goterna samlats vid rikets nordöstra gräns och begärt inträde. I vanliga fall var de rome[...]