Blood Cries Afar: The Forgotten Invasion of England 1216 - Softcover

McGlynn, Sean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0752488317 ISBN 13: 9780752488318

Verlag: The History Press Ltd, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

Book by McGlynn Sean

Über diesen Titel

Críticas:

A full and well-researched narrative ... makes for a powerful and gripping read showing a mastery of the sources.... [McGlynn] keeps the reader turning the pages. Moreover he has plenty of good vignettes to offer. Few readers will forget the colourful character William of Kensham, nicknamed Willikin of the Weald...who may have provided inspiration for the Robin Hood stories. A lively and wide-ranging study. --Nigel Saul, 'History Today'

This book provides a highly readable and well-researched narrative of the events of a crucial and dramatic period. --Michael Prestwich, Times Literary Supplement

...tells a dashing story with gusto...This is an entertaining military history of a very exciting reign. --Dan Jones- The Spectator

Reseña del editor:

Exactly 150 years after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, history came extremely close to repeating itself when another army set sail from the Continent with the intention of imposing foreign rule on England. This time the invasion force was under the command of Louis the Lion, son and heir of the powerful French king Philip Augustus. Taking advantage of the turmoil created in England by the civil war over Magna Carta and by King John's disastrous rule, Prince Louis and his army of French soldiers and mercenaries allied with the barons of the English rebel forces. The prize was England itself. The invasion was one of the most dramatic episodes of British history. This is the first ever book on the subject. Blood Cries Afar tells a dramatic and violent but overlooked story, with a broad appeal to those interested in the history of England and France, the Middle Ages and war in an age of kings, knights, castles, battles and brutality.

Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: The History Press Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0752488317
• ISBN 13: 9780752488318
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 288