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