That makes it utterly typical of Lotharingia itself, a place whose name no longer appears on the map. Once there was a man known as Charlemagne, ...

That imagined Europe, with its patchwork of languages, religions and rulers, sounds a lot like Lotharingia. Michael O’Loughlin’s most recent book is Poems 1980-2015. IN THIS SECTION.

Lotharingia: A Personal History of Europe’s Lost Country Simon Winder. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30 (528p) ISBN 978-0-374192-18-1. In this combination travelogue and history, third in a ...

Lotharingia: A Personal History of Europe’s Lost Country by Simon Winder – a review. A slapstick history of the cockpit of Europe. The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers.