About this title: Einhard's "Life of Charlemagne" is an absorbing chronicle of one of the most powerful and dynamic of all medieval rulers, written by a close friend and adviser. In elegant prose it describes Charlemagne's personal life, details his achievements in reviving learning and the arts, recounts his military successes and depicts one of the defining moments in European history: Charlemagne's coronation as emperor in Rome on Christmas Day 800 AD. By contrast, Notker's account, written some decades after Charlemagne's death, is a collection of anecdotes rather than a presentation of historical facts.
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1969
ISBN-13:9780140442137ISBN:0140442138
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. A moderate amount of wear on Cover and interior pages. Text in English, Latin. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 240 p. Penguin Classics, 213. Audience: General/trade. read more
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Description: Acceptable. Book is in good reading condition. Cover has slight wear to its edges/corners. Notes and highlighting/underlining inside book. Spine edges show slight. read more
Edition: Later Printing
Binding: S Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Penguin, Middlesex, England
Date Published: 1974
ISBN-13:9780140442137ISBN:0140442138
Description: Very Good- 12mo-over 6�"-7�" tall Light edgewear, rubbing to wraps, browning, ink name. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1969
ISBN-13:9780140442137ISBN:0140442138
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Highlighting/underlining. Text in English, Latin. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 240 p. Penguin Classics, 213. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Age toning, light creasing, rubbing. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 227 p. Index, Bibliography. Audience: General/trade. Charlemagne's name shines out over the historical landscape, illuminating the Dark Ages and anticipating the Renaissance. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1969
ISBN-13:9780140442137ISBN:0140442138
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. New softcover, very slight tanning to pg. edges--obviously unread. Text in English, Latin. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 240 p. Penguin Classics, 213. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books, London
ISBN-13:9780140442137ISBN:0140442138
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Unread. Tight binding. Clean text. Very sturdy. Minimal wear. Text in English, Latin. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 240 p. Penguin Classics, 213. Audience: General/trade. No publication date specified. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 2008-09-30
ISBN-13:9780140455052ISBN:0140455051
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 1969
Description: Good. PAPERBACK. 1969 edition. Contents yellowed. Clean and sound with some reading wear. Over twenty years selling secondhand books. read more
"So Einhard writes about Charlemagne. And he also appears to have been the first to record what really happened at Roncevaux, but his account is frustratingly brief. From his single reference to "Roland, Lord of the Briton Marches", we get the Song of Roland as we know it today. Einhard paid more attention to Charlemagne's clothes and stuff (apparently, he wore a blue cloak)."
"Charlemagne was the first European, and understanding who he was and what it meant to be Christian and European during his time is critical in understanding the formation of Europe, the Catholic Church and the modern world. There, isn't that enough reason to pick up this book? How about his questionable relations with his sister, daughters, wives and concubines?"
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