{"product_id":"the-holy-roman-empire-9780141047478","title":"The Holy Roman Empire","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE SUNDAY TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eECONOMIST \u003c\/i\u003eBOOKS OF THE YEAR 2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A definitive study of the amorphous state that lasted a thousand years ... \u003ci\u003eThe Holy Roman Empire\u003c\/i\u003e deserves to be hailed as a magnum opus'' Tom Holland, \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Engrossing ... staggering ... a book that is relevant to our own times'' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Masterly  ... If, like most people, you know little more about the Holy Roman  Empire other than Voltaire''s bon mot - neither holy, nor Roman, nor an  empire - then this is the book for you'' Daniel Johnson, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A  history that helps us understand Europe''s problems today ...  interesting and provocative, makes the complex understandable''  Christopher Kissane, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA great, sprawling, ancient and unique entity, the Holy Roman Empire, from its founding by Charlemagne to its destruction by Napoleon a millennium later, formed the heart of Europe. It was a great \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMasterly...Peter H Wilson condenses a great deal of modern scholarship while wearing his learning lightly. -- Daniel Johnson * The Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eWilson's history represents the culmination of a lifetime of research and thought, and in its scope and depth of detail is an astonishing scholarly achievement. The author moves from the grand themes to detail with felicity. -- Jonathan Steinberg * The Spectator *\u003cbr\u003eAs vast and capacious as the empire it describes, his book is as definitive a study of its subject as one could hope to read...\u003ci\u003eThe Holy Roman Empire\u003c\/i\u003e deserves to be hailed as a magnum opus. -- Tom Holland * The Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eWilson makes the complex understandable. -- Christopher Kissane * The Guardian *\u003cbr\u003ePeter Wilson is to be congratulated on writing the only English-language work that deals with the empire from start to finish and on the basis of staggering erudition. He will not thank anyone for saying so, but it is also a book that is relevant to our own times. -- Brendan Simms * The Times *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49083363524951,"sku":"9780141047478","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780141047478.jpg?v=1725548678","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-holy-roman-empire-9780141047478","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}