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  • John Talbot & the War in France, 1427–1453

    by A. J. Pollard ...
    John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury was the last of the celebrated English commanders of the Hundred Years' War. In his lifetime his reputation for audacity and courage gave him an unrivalled fame among the English, and he was feared and admired by the French. A.J. Pollard, in this pioneering and perceptive account, reconstructs the long career of this extraordinary soldier and offers a fascinating ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Richard III and the Princes in the Tower

    by A.J. Pollard ...
    Richard III has divided opinion for over 500 years. Traditionally, he has been perceived as a villain, a bloody tyrant and the monstrous murderer of his innocent nephews. To others he was and remains a wronged victim who did his best for kingdom and family; a noble prince and enlightened statesman tragically slain.Richard III and the Princes in the Tower explores the story of Richard III and the ... Read more

    $19.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Henry V: pocket GIANTS

    by A.J. Pollard ...
    Henry V is the best-known military hero in English history: better known than Marlborough or Wellington, or his grandfather, Edward III. He enjoyed more success against the French than any of them, coming tantalisingly close to conquering that vast country and imposing an English dynasty; this in a reign of just nine years, in only seven of which he was at war. Even before he died the heroic myth, ... Read more

    $1.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Edward IV (Penguin Monarchs)

    The Summer King

    by A J Pollard ...
    Series series Penguin Monarchs
    In 1461 Edward earl of March, an able, handsome, and charming eighteen-year old, usurped the English throne from his feeble Lancastrian predecessor Henry VI. Ten years on, following outbreaks of civil conflict that culminated in him losing, then regaining the crown, he had finally secured his kingdom. The years that followed witnessed a period of rule that has been described as a golden age: a ... Read more

    $6.19 USD

  • Imagining Robin Hood

    The Late Medieval Stories in Historical Context

    by A.J. Pollard ...
    A.J. Pollard takes us back to the earliest surviving stories, tales and ballads of Robin Hood, and re-examines the story of this fascinating figure. Setting out the economic, social and political context of the time, Pollard illuminates the legend of this yeoman hero and champion of justice as never before.Imagining Robin Hood questions:what a ‘yeoman’ was, and what it meant to be a fifteenth ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

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  • Richard III (Penguin Monarchs)

    A Failed King?

    by Rosemary Horrox ...
    Series series Penguin Monarchs
    No English king has so divided opinion, both during his reign and in the centuries since, more than Richard III.He was loathed in his own time for the never-confirmed murder of his young nephews, the Princes in the Tower, and died fighting his own subjects on the battlefield. This is the vision of Richard we have inherited from Shakespeare. Equally, he inspired great loyalty in his followers.In ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • Henry VI (Penguin Monarchs)

    by James Ross ...
    Series series Penguin Monarchs
    Henry VI, son of the all-conquering Henry V, was one of the least able and least successful of English kings. His long reign, which started when he was only nine months old, ended in catastrophe, with the loss of England's territories in France and a bankrupt England's long decline into civil war: the wars of the Roses. Yet, failure though Henry undoubtedly was, he remains an enigma. Was he always ... Read more

    $6.19 USD

  • James I (Penguin Monarchs)

    The Phoenix King

    by Thomas Cogswell ...
    Series series Penguin Monarchs
    James's reign marked one of the very rare major breaks in England's monarchy. Already James VI of Scotland and a highly experienced ruler who had established his authority over the Scottish Kirk, he marched south on Elizabeth I's death to become James I of England and Ireland, uniting the British Isles for the first time and founding the Stuart dynasty which would, with several lurches, reign for ... Read more

    $6.19 USD

  • Edward II (Penguin Monarchs)

    The Terrors of Kingship

    by Christopher Given-Wilson ...
    Series series Penguin Monarchs
    'He seems to have laboured under an almost child-like misapprehension about the size of his world. Had greatness not been thrust upon him, he might have lived a life of great harmlessness.'The reign of Edward II was a succession of disasters. Unkingly, inept in war, and in thrall to favourites, he preferred digging ditches and rowing boats to the tedium of government. His infatuation with a young ... Read more

    $6.19 USD

  • Mary I (Penguin Monarchs)

    The Daughter of Time

    by John Edwards ...
    Series series Penguin Monarchs
    The elder daughter of Henry VIII, Mary I (1553-58) became England's ruler on the unexpected death of her brother Edward VI. Her short reign is one of the great potential turning points in the country's history. As a convinced Catholic and the wife of Philip II, king of Spain and the most powerful of all European monarchs, Mary could have completely changed her country's orbit, making it a province ... Read more

    $6.19 USD

  • Henry V (Penguin Monarchs)

    From Playboy Prince to Warrior King

    by Anne Curry ...
    Series series Penguin Monarchs
    Foremost medieval historian Anne Curry offers a new reinterpretation of Henry V and the battle that defined his kingship: AgincourtHenry V's invasion of France, in August 1415, represented a huge gamble. As heir to the throne, he had been a failure, cast into the political wilderness amid rumours that he planned to depose his father. Despite a complete change of character as king - founding ... Read more

    $6.19 USD

  • Richard II (Penguin Monarchs)

    A Brittle Glory

    by Laura Ashe ...
    Series series Penguin Monarchs
    Richard II (1377-99) came to the throne as a child, following the long, domineering, martial reign of his grandfather Edward III. He suffered from the disastrous combination of a most exalted sense of his own power and an inability to impress that power on those closest to the throne. Neither trusted nor feared, Richard battled with a whole series of failures and emergencies before finally ... Read more

    $6.19 USD