The spin of the beginning of Volume is very well established and we moved into the overall logic of the novel.
If you love the Merovingian epic, this novel will allow you no doubt to enter this particular world, while the French kings were still in their prime (albeit the decline was already evident since wars have lasted long).
Are also advise testing G. Bordonove Clovis and Charlemagne in the collection "The kings who made France" as well as the history of Frankish kings of Gregory of Tours, an important figure of the time that have crosses in this tome.