After I read Matthew Kneale's "Rome in Seven Sackings" book, algorithms reccommended this one to me, which is explainable by the subtitle: Henry VIII, Francis I, Charles V, Suleiman the Magnificent and the Obsessions that Forged Modern Europe”
On the plus side - and this is a huge plus - it's very entertaining to read, breezily written, and
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