As millennium fever mounts, doomsayers once again prophesize that
the end of the world is near. The last time the world faced the end
of the millennium, it was a chaotic turning point in European
history, flavored with a nearly magical sensibility of an
apocalyptic age. In "The Last Apocalypse", James Reston, Jr., shows
us in rich, vivid historical detail the last time the world faced
the end of the millennium.
Cataclysmic changes and widespread upheaval marked the decades
around A.D. 1000, much as change continues to rock our world today.
The old order was crumbling anti confusing new ideas were gaining
hold. Random violence end the bloody victories by the Vikings,
Magyars, and Moors convinced many Europeans the apocalypse was upon
them. And then, the tide turned -- the Viking gods were dethroned,
the shamans of the Magyars massacred, the glorious Moorish
caliphate disintegrated, and, finally, the sign of the cross held
sway from Spain to Russia.
James Reston, Jr.'s enthralling saga of how the Christian
kingdoms converted, Conquered, and slaughtered their way to
dominance the turn of the last millennium brings to life
unforgettable historical characters who embodied the struggle for
the soul of Europe.
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