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Millennium: The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom | 
 enlarge | Author: Tom Holland
Publisher: Little, Brown
Category: Book
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 7701
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 512
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Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.7
ISBN: 0316732451
EAN: 9780316732451
ASIN: 0316732451
Publication Date: September 18, 2008
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 Gripping January 2, 2009
Paul M. Wright (London, UK)
Religious history, obscure Frankish kings, wars and disasters - who'd have thought they'd make such a compelling read? It's a period I know very little about, but Tom Holland's narrative gripped me from the very first page. Highly recommended and even better than Rubicon.
 Very Enjoyable October 27, 2008
HBH
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Millenium: The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom by Tom Holland is a very good book dealing with the turbulent years around the turn of the first millenium. At the start of this period western European Christianity seemed to be under threat from all sides and obsessed with the end of the world. However, as time progressed Catholicism and the states of Europe gained confidence and took the offensive against its opponents. This book shows how this happened but also provides interesting pieces of information about how the nation states of Europe such as Germany, France and Germany evolved and came to be different for example how France became a deeply divided country with a weak central government while England became heavily centralised. It is an immensely readable book which provides insights into how Europe developed and how Catholicism reformed itself and became dominant unifying factor that brought about the Crusades. All in all a good and very readable book.
The Millenium is recreated by Tom Holland. October 19, 2008
Diana Swann (Portsmouth, Hants United Kingdom)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Did you expect the Day of Judgement or the appearance of the Antichrist at the Second Millenium in 2000? If so, sympathise with the hapless inhabitants of the Christian world around 1000 AD as they struggle for survival and are caught up in the Church and State's duel for world-leadership. In Tom Holland's new book, the focus is on the decades leading to and from the first Millennium, ending in the recapture of Jerusalem from the Saracens in 1099.
Against the violence of this background, holy men, land-hungry dukes, Viking pirates, popes and emperors briefly blaze, and are as quickly extinguished in the flames of siege and the yelling carnage of relentless warfare. In the work of any other writer, covering such a broad canvas could lead to incoherence and battle-fatigue, but Holland organises his sprawling material with exemplary clarity.
Holland is a historian for today. His zestfully colloquial style underlines the relevance that this far-off time has for us now. He relieves the derring-do occasionally by throwing in memorable descriptions of the splendour of Constantinople or the tranquil piety of the Abbey of Cluny. There has been less written about this murky period than almost any time in history. Its chief characters could only be brought to life by someone of Holland's wide-ranging scholarship and imagination, Despite his often meagre primary sources, his description of characters and events have an almost cinematographic immediacy.
This is a Big Read about a Big Subject. If you are so swept along that you miss some of the vivid detail, it will repay reading again - and again.
Another Treat For Holland Fans October 11, 2008
Uberkritik (London)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I agree with A Hall that the author's previous books (Persian Fire and Rubicon) are tough acts to follow. But for me, Holland completes the hat-trick in real style. What he does so well is combine genuine scholarship with an eye for a great story, and he keeps on picking out neglected areas of history and bringing them to life. The 11th Century may not sound that mouthwatering to begin with but it does include the Battle of Hastings and the First Crusade - pretty juicy. And if, like me, you have a taste for the bloodthirsty details, Holland digs them all up and delivers them in spades. The hardback is a bit heavy to carry around, so I might wait until his next one comes out in paperback.
A sweeping history of a fascinating age October 6, 2008
Avid Reader (London)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed Persian Fire - a masterful and accessible re-evaluation of the wars between the Persians and the ancient Greeks - and this book is even more ambitious and fascinating. The Persian Wars was a story that almost wrote itself (with Holland's insight) but making a book about the early Middle Ages read like a novel is an even greater achievement. The many strands of the story require a deft and subtle weaving together, which Holland manages to do, all the while carrying the reader along at a roaring pace. Those who enjoyed Holland's storytelling and wit in his earlier books should not be disappointed.
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