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

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2014Edition: First Pegasus Books hardcover editionDescription: xxix, 322 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1605986186
  • 9781605986180
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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.
Summary: 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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The Plantagenets reigned over England longer than any other family--from Henry II, to Richard III. Four kings were murdered, two came close to deposition, and another was killed in a battle by rebels. Shakespeare wrote plays about six of them, further entrenching them in the national myth. Based on major contemporary sources and recent research, acclaimed historian Desmond Seward provides the first readable overview of the whole extraordinary dynasty, in one volume.

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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