Charlemagne: The Legend and the Man [Hardcover]

Harold Lamb (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Doubleday (June 1954)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385040660
• ISBN-13: 978-0385040662
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #817,848 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Charles the Great, January 22, 2003

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Patricia R. Andersen "redheaded booklover" (MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Charlemagne: The Legend and the Man (Hardcover)

Harold Lamb is an amazing writer and really brings Charlemagne to life. At an age when most boys (of this era) are trying to figure out what video game to play next, Charlemagne was leading his first military expedition. The book starts off with Charles, son of Pepin the Short, being all of 11 years old and starting off with Charles being named the "noble son" of the king.

You learn of his background - he was the son of a favored mistress who married the king - a few years after Charles was born. His younger brother, born after the wedding, was the favorite of his father and Charles was somewhat jealous of that situation.

The book takes you through all the times of Charles the Great, the one they called Charlemagne - he conquered _all_ of Europe, from the Pyrenees to Constantinople,He established schools and laws that persist to this day. He was considered the absolute monarch of the Christian world. This book takes you every step of the way with him, through his military campaigns as well as his life with his family.

This book is a wonderful read and I recommend it highly for those of you who are interested in history.

3.0 out of 5 stars book review, June 1, 2009

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Patrick Stakem (Maryland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Charlemagne (Mass Market Paperback)

Not as exciting as most of Lamb's works, but full of good

information, and debunks some of the more popular myths

about Charlemagne. Not an easy read, but worthwhile.