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PDF King and Emperor: A New Life of Charlemagne DOWNLOAD EBOOK PDF KINDLEPDF King andEmperor: A NewLife ofCharlemagneDOWNLOAD EBOOKPDF KINDLEDescription'King and Emperor: A New Life of Charlemagne' takes on the compellingsuspense of good detective work as well as good history. . . . Janet L.Nelson comes as close as one can to approaching this extraordinaryman.' -- Patrick J. Geary,, Wall Street Journal'...[Janet Nelson]assembles an astonishingly rich picture from the most unrewarding oftexts. The way she puzzles out probable facts and motivations, based ona complete reading of the existing texts, is a joy to witness. She drawson and shows off the clever work of earlier historians, while givingshort shrift to their more biased assumptions. The narrative voiceemerges as that of a patient, inquisitive, incisive and helpful masterdetective, with funny asides, a beautiful style and sensible politics.',Times Literary Supplement'In crafting her new biography of thetremendous king, the British historian Janet L. Nelson has trawled welltraveledwaterways and obscure rivulets alike to fish out the historicalfigure as he acted and thought.', The New Criterionâ€œJanet Nelson hassucceeded in delivering â€œa new lifeâ€• of Charles.Â Her long-awaitedbiography invites us to understand the man in ways that are original andpenetrating.â€•, Financial Times'In her impressive new biography, Janet LNelson meticulously sifts all the available evidence [on Charlemagne].At the start she notes (a little terrifyingly) that some 7,000 charterssurvive from his reign. You can believe she has looked at every singleone, so thorough and expansive is this work of scholarship. . . .Nelsonuses literary sources adroitly, supplementing more prosaic charter andannalistic evidence with moving poetry.', Daily Telegraphâ€œNelson hasproducedÂ a remarkable, learned text, unlike any other study ofCharlemagne in recent years.â€•, Sunday Timesâ€œExperts. . . .will hailthis asÂ a major workâ€•, Sunday Telegraphâ€œIf Nelson expects a lot ofher readers, itâ€s because she has so much to offer.Â This is by anymeasure a superb book. Charlemagne â€¦ has finally found an equallygreat modern biographer.â€•, Literary Reviewâ€œHelen Castorâ€sendorsement â€“Â â€˜a masterclass in the practice of historyâ€ â€“ isas good a description of this brilliant new biography as we are likelyto getâ€•, Spectator 'This is a remarkable book: at once the dramaticstory of a truly extraordinary man and a masterclass in the practice ofhistory from a superlative historian. Janet Nelson's brilliant insightilluminates a world that is both familiar and strange, and full ofresonances between past and present. Hereâ€”seen through challengingsources, sifted and weighed with wisdom and witâ€”is everything we can
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