Charlemagne: Father of a Continent, Barbero, Alessandro; Cameron, Allan (Translator) Published by The Folio Society, 2006. 4to – over 9¾” – 12″ tall; 428pp., bibliography, index, illustrated; mapped endpapers. Cloth boards with burgundy red and gilt illustration and titles; housed in a burgundy slipcase. In fine, unread condition.
Acclaimed 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 Europe to include Bavaria, Saxony, parts of Spain, and Italy.
