King and Emperor - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook King and Emperor write by Janet L. Nelson. This book was released on 2021-06-08. King and Emperor available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Charles I, often known as Charlemagne, is one of the most extraordinary figures ever to rule an empire. Driven by unremitting physical energy and intellectual curiosity, he was a man of many parts, a warlord and conqueror, a judge who promised 'for each their law and justice', a defender of the Latin Church, a man of flesh-and-blood. In the twelve centuries since his death, warfare, accident, vermin, and the elements have destroyed much of the writing on his rule, but a remarkable amount has survived. Janet Nelson's wonderful new book brings together everything we know about Charles, sifting through the available evidence, literary and material, to paint a vivid portrait of the man and his motives. Charles's legacy lies in his deeds and their continuing resonance, as he shaped counties, countries, and continents, founded and rebuilt towns and monasteries, and consciously set himself up not just as King of the Franks, but as the head of the renewed Roman Empire. His successors--in some ways even up to the present day--have struggled to interpret, misinterpret, copy, or subvert his legacy.
King and Emperor
King and Emperor - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook King and Emperor write by Harry Harrison. This book was released on 1997-06-15. King and Emperor available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Driven by prophetic dreams, the Viking warrior Shef as become the One King, the undisputed ruler of the North. Now he must face the reborn power of the Holy Roman Empire. Rome threatens Shef's fearsome Viking navy with a new invention of unparalleled destruction: Greek fire. Unable to defend his fleet against this awesome weapon, Shef travels East in search of new wisdom. His quest leads him to the lavish court of the Muslim Caliph and, ultimately, to the secret hiding place of the Holy Grail. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
King Flashypants and the Evil Emperor
King Flashypants and the Evil Emperor - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook King Flashypants and the Evil Emperor write by Andy Riley. This book was released on 2017-06-20. King Flashypants and the Evil Emperor available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Originally published in 2016 in Great Britain by Hodder and Stoughton."
King of Kings
King of Kings - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook King of Kings write by Asfa-Wossen Asserate. This book was released on 2015-09-15. King of Kings available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Haile Selassie I, the last emperor of Ethiopia, was as brilliant as he was formidable. An early proponent of African unity and independence who claimed to be a descendant of King Solomon, he fought with the Allies against the Axis powers during World War II and was a messianic figure for the Jamaican Rastafarians. But the final years of his empire saw turmoil and revolution, and he was ultimately overthrown and assassinated in a communist coup. Written by Asfa-Wossen Asserate, Haile Selassie’s grandnephew, this is the first major biography of this final “king of kings.” Asserate, who spent his childhood and adolescence in Ethiopia before fleeing the revolution of 1974, knew Selassie personally and gained intimate insights into life at the imperial court. Introducing him as a reformer and an autocrat whose personal history—with all of its upheavals, promises, and horrors—reflects in many ways the history of the twentieth century itself, Asserate uses his own experiences and painstaking research in family and public archives to achieve a colorful and even-handed portrait of the emperor.
The Hammer and the Cross
The Hammer and the Cross - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Hammer and the Cross write by Harry Harrison. This book was released on 1994-11-15. The Hammer and the Cross available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 865 A.D. Warring kings rule over the British Isles, but the Church rules over the kings, threatening all who oppose them with damnation. Only the dreaded Vikings of Scandinavia do not fear the priests. Shef, the bastard son of a Norse raider and a captive English lady, is torn by divided loyalties and driven by strange visions that seem to come from Odin himself. A smith and warrior, he alone dares to imagine new weapons and tactics with which to carve out a kingdom--and launch an all-out war between....The Hammer and the Cross. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
