Exciting and moving, as bloody as it is passionate, and one of the great narratives of our time: German history. Christian v. Ditfurth takes you on a journey through hordes, kings, emperors, heretics, and warriors. He tells a story of saints, pagans, idealists, dreamers, and visionaries, how they thought, fought, and strived to change our country and the world. It is a story of contrasts, where good and evil, joy and sorrow, failure and success are closely intertwined, and that is precisely what makes it fascinating and captivating.