![]() ![]() ![]() were not covered in the level of detail I was looking for or expecting. His life, campaigns, policies, travels, etc. Charles the Great only comes in for about 1/2 the book. This was barely a bio of was more a thesis on how Europe came to be an idea that would wind up as the EU. He should be charged with misleading advertising. The guy used these like he was getting paid on how many times he could squeeze one in. This one gets 2 Stars only because I did actually learn something: peripatetic: traveling from place to place, especially working or based in various places for relatively short periods and capitulary: a civil or ecclesiastical ordinance. He has frequently written and appeared on radio and television and is popular as a public speaker having appeared at several literary festivals,British Museum, Hampton Court Palace, The British Library and other prestigious venues. Recent non-fiction triumphs include The Plantagenets, Holbein: Portrait of an Unknown Man, and Charlemagne: a Biography.ĭerek Wilson graduated from Cambridge and spent several years travelling and teaching in Africa before becoming a full-time writer and broadcaster in 1971. Readers have favourably compared this innovative series with the books of C.J. The first 2 books in this series - The First Horseman and The Traitor's Mark are based on real unsolved Tudor mysteries and have received enthusiastic plaudits. He has used various pen names for his fiction, his current Thomas Treviot Tudor crime series being written under the name D.K. His much acclaimed prize-winning works have largely centred on 16th and 17th century Europe. ![]() Derek Wilson has been a writer of historical fiction and non-fiction for 50 years. ![]()
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