The demon's brood : a history of the Plantagenet dynasty /

Seward, Desmond, 1935-,

The demon's brood : a history of the Plantagenet dynasty / Desmond Seward. - First Pegasus Books hardcover edition. - xxix, 322 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Originally published: London : Constable, 2014.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-312) and index.

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.

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.

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Plantagenet, House of.


Great Britain--History--Plantagenets, 1154-1399.
Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Biography.
Great Britain--Politics and government--1154-1399.

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