Demon's Brood
A History of the Plantagenet Dynasty
New York, NY : Pegasus Books, 2014.
Format: Book
Edition: First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Description: xxix, 322 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
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.
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.
Subjects:
Plantagenet, House of.
Great Britain -- History -- Plantagenets, 1154-1399.
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1154-1399.
Plantagenet, House of.
Great Britain -- History -- Plantagenets, 1154-1399.
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1154-1399.
ISBN:
9781605986180
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HISTORY Europe England Sew | Southeast | Nonfiction | In |
Originally published: London : Constable, 2014.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [295]-312) and index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [295]-312) and index.