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A Brief History of the Hundred Years War
Desmond Seward
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Description for A Brief History of the Hundred Years War
Paperback. For over a hundred years England repeatedly invaded France on the pretext that her kings had a right to the French throne. Seward's account traces the changes that led to France's final victory and brings to life all the intrigue of the last chivalric combats as they gave way modern warfare. Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile; (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 196 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 226.
For over a hundred years England repeatedly invaded France on the pretext that her kings had a right to the French throne. France was a large, unwieldy kingdom, England was small and poor, but for the most part she dominated the war, sacking towns and castles and winning battles - including such glorious victories as Crecy, Poitiers and Agincourt, but then the English run of success began to fail, and in four short years she lost Normandy and finally her last stronghold in Guyenne. The protagonists of the Hundred Year War are among the ... Read more
For over a hundred years England repeatedly invaded France on the pretext that her kings had a right to the French throne. France was a large, unwieldy kingdom, England was small and poor, but for the most part she dominated the war, sacking towns and castles and winning battles - including such glorious victories as Crecy, Poitiers and Agincourt, but then the English run of success began to fail, and in four short years she lost Normandy and finally her last stronghold in Guyenne. The protagonists of the Hundred Year War are among the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Robinson Publishing
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Series
Brief Histories
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841196787
SKU
V9781841196787
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About Desmond Seward
DESMOND SEWARD was born in Paris and educated at Ampleforth and Cambridge. He has written numerous history books including Napoleon and Hitler, The Wars of the Roses, Richard III: England's Black Legend and The Monks of War-the first general history of the military religious orders, from their foundation until the present day, to appear since the eighteenth century
Reviews for A Brief History of the Hundred Years War
Shows us all the famous sights of those roaring times ... and illuminates them with an easy scholarship, a nice sense of detail. New Yorker A well-written narrative, beautifully illustrated, and which takes into account most recent scholarship. It is also a good read. Richard Cobb, New Statesman