Millennium
the end of the world and the forging of christendom
$29.75
- Paperback
512 pages
- Release Date
31 October 2009
Summary
Millennium: Forging a New World from the Ashes of the Old
Of all the civilizations existing in the year 1000, that of Western Europe seemed the unlikeliest candidate for future greatness. Compared to the glittering empires of Byzantium or Islam, the splintered kingdoms on the edge of the Atlantic appeared impoverished, fearful, and backward. But the anarchy of these years proved to be, not the portents of the end of the world, as many Christians had dreaded, but rather the birth pan…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349119724 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349119724 |
| Series: | Abacus |
| Author: | Tom Holland |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Release Date: | 31 October 2009 |
| Weight: | 440g |
| Dimensions: | 133mm x 200mm x 36mm |
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Critics Review
Tom Holland’s Millennium is a wonderful spotlight for a general readership wondering how we got here without knowing where we d come from…Holland has written a rattling book, full of blood, guts and insight. - Good Reading
A mighty narrative of kings and popes, battles and massacres… A tremendously good read. - Sunday Telegraph Magazine Holland excels at narration, never jogging when he can gallop, using generous quotations to convey the mind-set of centuries hagridden with millennial rumours of the end of the world. His highly individual road map to the hitherto dark ages is written with forceful - and convincing - panache.’ - Christina Hardyment, Independent It is perfectly right for Holland to claim a great deal for the 11th century, of which his book is a splendid, highly coloured canvas.’ - Norman Stone, GuardianAbout The Author
Tom Holland
Tom Holland received a double first from Cambridge. He has adapted Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides and Virgil for BBC Radio. His scholarly style is perfect to reposition him as a writer of non-fiction as well as fiction.
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