Conquest: The English Kingdom of France 1417-1450

Synopsis

For thirty dramatic years, England ruled a great swath of France at the point of the swordâan all-but-forgotten episode in the Hundred Yearsâ War that Juliet Barker brings to vivid life in Conquest. Following Agincourt, Henry Vâs second invasion of France in 1417 launched a campaign that would place the crown of France on an English head. Buoyed by conquest, the English army seemed invincible. By the time of Henryâs premature death in 1422, nearly all of northern France lay in his hands and the Valois heir to the throne had been disinherited. Only the appearance of a visionary peasant girl who claimed divine guidance, Joan of Arc, was able to halt the English advance, but not for long. Just six months after her death, Henryâs young son was crowned in Paris as the firstâand lastâEnglish king of France. Henry VIâs kingdom endured for twenty years, but when he came of age he was not the leader his father had been. The dauphin whom Joan had crowned Charles VII would finally drive the English out of France. Barker recounts these stirring eventsâthe epic battles and sieges, plots and betrayalsâthrough a kaleidoscope of characters from John Talbot, the âEnglish Achilles,â and John, duke of Bedford, regent of France, to brutal mercenaries, opportunistic freebooters, resourceful spies, and lovers torn apart by the conflict.

Copyright:

2009

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Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9780674065604

Publisher:

Haevard University Press

Date of Addition:

11/15/13

Copyrighted By:

Juliet Barker

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Religion and Spirituality, Politics and Government

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