Product Description: Few men have exerted such a lasting influence on the course of Western history as Charlemagne (742-814). At the height of his power in the early ninth century Charlemagne, King of the Franks and Lombards and Emperor of the Romans, ruled all the Christian lands of western Europe except the British Isles and southern Italy and Sicily...read more

Product Description: Travellers Florence has been completely revised and updated and now includes a free weblinks CD. Travellers are best-selling compact guidebooks containing clear maps, essential destination facts and special features. In addition each title offers invaluable practical information on transport, geography, sightseeing, history and culture...read more

Product Description: No English landscape is complete without its parish church. From Norman tower to Gothic spire, from Cotswold stone to the half-timbered churches of Essex, this guide follows their development from the first churches built on pagan sites to their present decline...read more

A history of the Tower, from fortress, prison, to now, a museum with over two million sightseers shuffling through every year

Traces the history of cathedrals in England, discusses their builders, styles, and individual characteristics, and examines their role in the Christian community

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