The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World

Autor*innen

• Shelley Puhak

Parameter

• 629 Seiten
• 23 Lesestunden

• Belletristik
• Biografien & Memoiren
• Geschichte
• Historische Romane
• Sachliteratur

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A wedding in Metz -- Meeting the Franks -- The fall of Charibert -- New alliances -- A missive to Byzantium -- The slave queen -- All the king's men -- The siege -- The witch and the nun -- Back channels -- Uprising -- The laws of sanctuary -- Crime and punishment -- "Wise in counsel" -- Fredegund's grief -- Brunhild in the breach -- The regency -- Set ablaze -- Brunichildis regina -- The king is dead -- The vexations of King Guntram -- The Gundovald affair -- The diplomatic arts -- The dukes' revolt -- A royal engagement -- The defiant nuns -- Allies and assassins -- Forlorn little boys -- The fading of the kings -- The dual rule -- Brunhild's battles -- The fall -- Epilogue: Backlash.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
• Einband: Hardcover