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.
xxix, 322 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
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Originally published: London : Constable, 2014 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
