The Hollow Crown: A History of Britain in the Late Middle Ages

Synopsis

There is no more haunting, compelling period in Britain's history than the later middle ages. The extraordinary kings - Edward III and Henry V the great warriors, Richard II and Henry VI, tragic inadequates killed by their failure to use their power, and Richard III, the demon king. The extraordinary events - the Black Death that destroyed a third of the population, the Peasants' Revolt, the Wars of the Roses, the Battle of Agincourt. The extraordinary artistic achievements - the great churches, castles and tombs that still dominate the landscape, the birth of the English language in The Canterbury Tales.

For the first time in a generation, a historian has had the vision and confidence to write a spell-binding account of the era immortalised by Shakespeare's history plays. THE HOLLOW CROWN brilliantly brings to life for the reader a world we have long lost - a strange, Catholic, rural country of monks, peasants, knights and merchants, almost perpetually at war - but continues to define so much of England's national myth.

Copyright:

2006

Book Details

Book Quality:

Excellent

Book Size:

379 Pages

ISBN-13:

9780140148251

Publisher:

Penguin Books, Limited

Date of Addition:

11/05/20

Copyrighted By:

Miri Rubin

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction

Reading Age:

18 and up

Submitted By:

Daproim Africa

Proofread By:

Daproim Africa

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.