L'Histoire des Rois Francs, by Grégoire de Tours

I bought this book at the Musée Cluny; always enjoy reading history, and usually find very interesting the way it was written centuries ago. And I find this era fascinating - the times when Roman civilization was still a recent memory and influence and a new and barbaric Europe was being shaped. The History by Gregory, bishop of Tours, reads like an adventures book, full of wars, murders, intrigues and tortures, with terrible villains like Chilpéric and Frédégonde and extremely vivid scenes. It reminds us how violent those times were.