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Conquest: The English Kingdom of France in the Hundred Years War
Juliet Barker
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Description for Conquest: The English Kingdom of France in the Hundred Years War
Paperback. * The thirty years of English rule in France that followed the battle of Agincourt - by the acclaimed author of AGINCOURT: THE KING, THE CAMPAIGN, THE BATTLE Num Pages: 512 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 36. Weight in Grams: 436.
Author of the best-selling AGINCOURT, Juliet Barker now tells the equally remarkable, but largely forgotten, story of the dramatic years when England ruled France at the point of a sword.
Henry V's second invasion of France in 1417 launched a campaign that would put the crown of France on an English head. Only the miraculous appearance of a visionary peasant girl - Joan of Arc - would halt the English advance. Yet despite her victories, her influence was short-lived: Henry VI had his coronation in Paris six months after her death and his kingdom endured for another twenty ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
362 g
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349122021
SKU
V9780349122021
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About Juliet Barker
Juliet Barker, the distinguished biographer of the Bronte sisters and Wordsworth, is a medievalist and scholar.
Reviews for Conquest: The English Kingdom of France in the Hundred Years War
'Juliet Barker's new book is a magnificently readable account of the last four decades of that war, and a reminder that the reality was much nastier than the myth ... Barker disentangles the dark threads to tell a story that never flags. I thought Agincourt was a superb book, but Conquest is even better. Once upon a time there ... Read more