Chris Wickham
Praise for The Inheritance of Rome
A work of tremendous authority and breadth. With this book, as with Charlemagne's empire, one feels that an extraordinary range of things have been brought together
Noel Malcolm, Sunday Telegraph
Intensely rewarding
Jonathan Sumption, Spectator
Almost every page is full of arresting details and insights ... and a sharp eye for a revealing anecdote, illuminating even the murkiest corners of the so-called Dark Ages
Dominic Sandbrook, Daily Telegraph
A work of tremendous authority and breadth. With this book, as with Charlemagne's empire, one feels that an extraordinary range of things have been brought together
Noel Malcolm, Sunday Telegraph
Intensely rewarding
Jonathan Sumption, Spectator
Almost every page is full of arresting details and insights ... and a sharp eye for a revealing anecdote, illuminating even the murkiest corners of the so-called Dark Ages
Dominic Sandbrook, Daily Telegraph
A work of tremendous authority and breadth. With this book, as with Charlemagne's empire, one feels that an extraordinary range of things have been brought together
Noel Malcolm, Sunday Telegraph
Intensely rewarding
Jonathan Sumption, Spectator
Almost every page is full of arresting details and insights ... and a sharp eye for a revealing anecdote, illuminating even the murkiest corners of the so-called Dark Ages
Dominic Sandbrook, Daily Telegraph