{"product_id":"the-burgundians-a-vanished-empire-9781789543445","title":"The Burgundians: A Vanished Empire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eThe Dutch Republic: A History from the First to the Second World War is a comprehensive and captivating history of the Netherlands during the Middle Ages, covering the period from the end of the fifteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century. It is praised for its colorful and entertaining writing style, as well as its detailed and informative content. The book explores the decline of knightly ideals, the awakening of individualism, the struggle for dominance in northern Europe, bloody military campaigns, and the cultural history of the Low Countries. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 624 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 13 October 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Head of Zeus\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch1\u003eA Masterful History of the Great Dynasty of the Netherlands: The Middle Ages\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sumptuous feast of a book\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBooks of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrillingly colourful and entertaining\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA thrilling narrative of the brutal, dazzlingly rich, wildly ambitious duchy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimon Sebag Montefiore\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 stars!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA masterpiece\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDe Morgen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA history book that reads like a thriller\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLe Soir\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the end of the fifteenth century, Burgundy was extinguished as an independent state. It had been a fabulously wealthy, turbulent region situated between France and Germany, with close links to the English kingdom. Torn apart by the dynastic struggles of early modern Europe, this extraordinary realm vanished from the map. But it became the cradle of what we now know as the Low Countries, modern Belgium and the Netherlands. This is the story of a thousand years, a compulsively readable narrative history of ambitious aristocrats, family dysfunction, treachery, savage battles, luxury and madness. It is about the decline of knightly ideals and the awakening of individualism and of cities, the struggle for dominance in the heart of northern Europe, bloody military campaigns and fatally bad marriages. It is also a remarkable cultural history, of great art and architecture and music emerging despite the violence and the chaos of the tension between rival dynasties.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 480g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 130 x 197 x 43 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781789543445\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bart Van Loo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44098340978938,"sku":"9781789543445","price":10.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1665750805889_book.jpg?v=1665819088","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/the-burgundians-a-vanished-empire-9781789543445","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}