History of the Franks

Informationen zum Autor Gregory of Tours; Translated with an Introduction by Lewis Thorpe; Advisory Editor: Betty Radice Klappentext This colorful narrative of French history in the sixth century is a dramatic and detailed portrait of a period of political and religious turmoil. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Zusammenfassung Gregory of tours wrote this dramatic narrative of sixth-century French history as a chronicle of the events leading up to and including his 21-year tenure as bishop of tours.

Product details

• Authors: Gregory, Of Tours Gregory, Saint Gregory, Gregory Of Tours, Gregory of Toursw, Betty Radice, Lewis Thorpe, Gregory Of Tours
• Assisted by: Lewis Thorpe (Translation), Thorpe Lewis (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.11.1974
• EAN: 9780140442953
• ISBN: 978-0-14-044295-3
• No. of pages: 720
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 28 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, France, European History, CE period up to c 1500, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval