Charlemagne from the Hammer to the Cross by Richard Winston - 1969

Constable London: Constable & Co, Ltd., 1969. 346 pp; beautifull dust jacket with illuminated lettering "clarlemagne. from the hammer to the cross by richard winston. this life of charlemagne is designed to make the man and his policies real to the modern reader. it presents not the remote patriarch legend but in the words of the author, "a restlessly energetic and essentially 'popular' king..." takes place in 768 A.D.; starts with a prefatory note on sources... continues with the following chapters: new kings for old, the brothers lombards and saxons, rome, frankland, saxons and bombards, fiasco, the sub-kingdoms, the world of culture, the breeding of violence, treason, frontier conquests, the church, charles at home, "like a dog to its vomit, the road to rome, carolus augustus a deo coronatus, reforms, the last years... includes epilogue, bibliography, index; . 2nd. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Biography.