European History For Dummies

Read about the world''s smallest continent''s incredible history: From Greek gods and mad Roman emperors to kings, queens, Visigoths, and Normans

You meet Visigoths in Africa and Normans in Sicily; an Italian who talked to his books and another who conquered a kingdom and gave it away; Roman emperors who weren''t Roman; and Holy Roman Emperors who weren''t holy (or Roman). This is the story of Eur...