| Edition |
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition. |
| Description |
xxix, 322 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: London : Constable, 2014. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [295]-312) and index. |
| Contents |
The demon and her heirs -- The first Plantagenets. The first Plantagenets ; The Eagle : Henry II ; The Lionheart : Richard I ; The Madman : John ; The Aesthete : Henry III -- Plantagenet Britain? The Hammer : Edward I ; The Changeling : Edward II -- Plantagenet France? The Paladin : Edward III ; The Absolutist : Richard II ; The Usurper : Henry IV ; The 'Gleaming King' : Henry V -- Lancaster and York. The Holy Fool : Henry VI ; The Self-Made King : Edward IV ; The Suicide : Richard III -- The Kings in the national myth. |
| Summary |
A vivid and colorful history of the most dominant royal dynasty in English history, from Richard the Lionheart and Edward the Black Prince to Henry IV and Richard III. |
| Subject |
Plantagenet, House of.
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Great Britain -- History -- Plantagenets, 1154-1399.
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Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1154-1399.
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| ISBN |
9781605986180: $28.95 |
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1605986186 |
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