Lotharingia History of Europe's Lost Country by Simon Winder

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'He is a master of the art of making history both funny and fun, with neverany 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 themud and fogs of the North Sea coast, down through countless market towns,ports, fortresses and ancient cathedrals, through a mass of river systems andforests, all the way to the great barrier of the Alps. Divided by theirlanguages, 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 thisghostly but persistent presence. In AD 843, the three surviving grandsons ofthe great Emperor Charlemagne met at Verdun. After years of bitter squabblesover who would inherit the family land, they finally decided to divide theterritory and go their separate ways. In a moment of staggering significance,one grandson inherited what became France, another Germany and the thirdLotharingia, the chunk that initially divided the other two chunks: 'the landsof Lothar'. The dynamic between these three great zones has dictated much ofour subsequent fate.
Lotharingia is a history of this in-between land and joins the equallyfascinating Germania and Danubia in Simon Winder's personal exploration ofEurope. In this beguiling, hilarious and compelling book we retrace how bothfrom west and from east any number of ambitious characters have tried andfailed to grapple with these people. Over many centuries, not only hasLotharingia brought forth many of Europe's greatest artists, inventors andthinkers, but it has also reduced many a would-be conqueror to helpless tearsof rage and frustration.

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A master of the art of making history both funny and fun . . . Once again hebrings Germany bouncing back to life. (Simon Jenkins, author of A ShortHistory of Europe )
Simon Winder is a deft and gentle guide to the Franco-Dutch-Germanborderlands, which at various times have been the epicentre of majorconflicts. There is so much fascinating detail in this book that it is hard toput down . . . (Michael Burleigh, author of The Best of Times, The Worst ofTimes: A History of Now )
Simon Winder has created a genre all of his own, the history-travelogue-memoir, which he uses adeptly to explore the hinterlands between France andGermany and their centuries of dynasties, discord and discontent . . . thereader emerges, blinking, to confront an essential truth: the ground beneathour feet is far less stable, and far more interesting, than had previouslybeen imagined. (Judith Flanders, author of The Victorian House andChristmas: A Biography )
The high plateau of my year was my catching up with Simon Winder. Danubiaand Germania are an idiosyncratic, often funny fusion of history writing,travel writing and disrespect. (Sir Tom Stoppard TLS )

Book Description

Following on from Danubia and the bestselling Germania , Lotharingia isthe final instalment in Simon Winder's hilarious and informative personalexploration of European history.

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