Sily i prestoly. Novaia istoriia Srednikh vekov [Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages]

It is a thousand-year adventure that moves from the ruins of the once-mighty city of Rome, sacked by barbarians in AD 410, to the first contacts between the old and new worlds in the sixteenth century. It shows how, from a state of crisis and collapse, the West was rebuilt and came to dominate the entire globe. The book identifies three key themes that underpinned the success of the West: commerce, conquest, and Christianity. Across 16 chapters, blending Dan Jones' trademark gripping narrative style with authoritative analysis, Powers and Thrones shows how, at each stage in this story, successive western powers thrived by attracting—or stealing—the most valuable resources, ideas, and people from the rest of the world. It casts new light on iconic locations—Rome, Paris, Venice, Constantinople—and it features some of history's most famous and notorious men and women.