The Burgundians: The Vanished Empire (Hardback)

'Bart van Loo is in top form. The Burgundians reads like a train and hits you like a sledgehammer. A masterpiece ... He does not try to be a wise man or a moralist. What he does make clear is that that the history of early Dutch unification is one that came about both through excessive bloodshed and praiseworthy magnanimity. Mission accomplished' - De Morgen

'To narrate the legendary story of the dukes of Burgundy, you need a learned and visionary guide like Bart Van Loo ... A masterful work' - Le Figaro

'A pleasure to read from start to finish. How fortunate that Van Loo is not just a historian but also a writer. Truly spectacular!' - Neue Zuricher Zeitung

'The political and the personal, economics and culture, belief and violence, success and failure, major developments and spicy details - it's all there. The Burgundians expertly draws on the latest scientific insights, but is also told with lightness and elegance' - Frits van Oostrom

'The formidable saga of our Burgundian origins. Over 650 pages that read like a great political adventure novel, a Game of Thrones soap opera where everything is true' - La Libre Belgique

'Full of cliff hangers and moving passages. Irresistible' - Herman Pleij

'Bart van Loo is back and emerges once again as a true storyteller. Van Loo is the perfect guide through the past. It is as if we are there' - De Standaard

'A history book that reads like a thriller' - Le Soir

'Colourful and multidimensional: a Belgian master storyteller' - Kulturradio, SWR2

'Narrative history of the highest level ... The author conjures the tastes, smells, colours and feelings of the past' - Kulturradio, WDR 3