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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Autumnal" data-source="post: 9738184" data-attributes="member: 6671663">Just finished Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire by Peter H. Wilson. It’s amazing! At 934 pages/34:03 in audio, it’s a genuine ox-stunner, but it makes good use of its space for well-structured, interesting and useful details. He starts with the lords of the Franks before Charlemagne and follows threads through the 1806 dissolution of the Empire and even beyond to different sorts of lessons and insights modern observers are drawing from the Empire for the European Union. (Fascinating stuff, that.)Among other benefits, I now really get the Old World of Warhammer Fantasy as I never have before. Everything falls into place, including the possibilities for weird grimdark futures that don’t all head toward anything like the End Times. Obviously a thousand pages or full day and then some’s listening is not something you’d likely undertake lightly. But if you’re curious about the Empire or what was up with the center of medieval and early modern Europe, this is a fantastic resource that’s enjoyable to read. This is book 33/100 on my current read-what-you-own challenge. In past attempts, I kept gravitating toward short books and thereby some of my usual reading pleasure. Well. Sure not doing that this time.</blockquote>