{"product_id":"the-burgundians-a-vanished-empire-9781789543445","title":"The Burgundians: A Vanished Empire","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe story of the Burgundian elite and its remarkable court and culture, a medieval and early modern epic of dynastic struggle, artistic achievement and eventual extinction. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA History of 1111 Years and One Day.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A sumptuous feast of a book' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Books of the Year \u003cbr\u003e 'Thrillingly colourful and entertaining' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'A thrilling narrative of the brutal dazzlingly rich wildly ambitious duchy' Simon Sebag Montefiore \u003cbr\u003e '5 stars!' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'A masterpiece' \u003ci\u003eDe Morgen\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'A history book that reads like a thriller' \u003ci\u003eLe Soir\u003c\/i\u003e\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Apollo Publishing International\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781789543445\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/19\/2022\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bart Van Loo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43644088615093,"sku":"9781789543445","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_58a11b23-7e92-4cb9-bd9c-80797754229a.jpg?v=1708446679","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-burgundians-a-vanished-empire-9781789543445","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}