The king without a kingdom
Druon, Maurice, 1918-20092015
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The reign of the Capetian kings has ended and John II, 'The Good', second of the Valois dynasty, has taken the throne. Under his leadership the Hundred Years War, one of the longest and bloodiest conflicts in history, escalates and England and France begin to tear each other apart. Cardinal Perigord, narrating the drama, shows us a monarch as vain and cruel as he is incompetent. Under his turbulent reign, warring factions plunder the land, famine threatens the people and the Black Death spreads far and wide. France is bleeding to death around the new king.
Main title:
The king without a kingdom / Maurice Druon ; translated from French by Andrew Simpkin.
Author:
Druon, Maurice, 1918-2009, authorSimpkin, Andrew, translator
Imprint:
London : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2015.London : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2015.
Collation:
xxii, 346 pages : illustration (black and white), map (colour) ; 23 cm.
Series title:
Accursed kings ; book 7.
Notes:
Translated from the French.Map on lining papers.
ISBN:
9780007491377 (hbk)
Dewey class:
843.914HIS
Local class:
F
Language:
EnglishFrench
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BRN:
1682389