Burgundians

A publishing phenomenon in Europe, where it has sold 230,000 copies in hardback, Bart van Loo's epic history of the dukedom of Burgundy has the grip of a great historical novel and the fascination of a wonderful factual narrative.At the end of the fifteenth century, Burgundy was extinguished as an independent state. Torn apart by the dynastic struggles of early modern Europe, this extraordinary realm vanished from the map. It had been a fabulously wealthy, turbulent region situated between France and Germany, with close links to the English kingdom.

It is about the decline of knightly ideals But it became the cradle of what we now know as the Low Countries, modern Belgium and the Netherlands.This is the story of a thousand years, a compulsively readable narrative history of ambitious aristocrats, family dysfunction, treachery, savage battles, luxury and madness.