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The Plantagenets : A history of England's bloodiest dynasty, from Henry II to Richard III, 1133-1485
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hubbard, Ben
- Series:
- Histories
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (224 p.) ill
- Place of Publication:
- Amber Books Ltd
- Summary:
- For almost 350 years the Plantagenet family held the English throne - longer than any dynasty in English history - and yet its origins were in Anjou in France, French remained the mother tongue of England's monarchs for 300 years, and only in its family's final decades did English rather than French become the language the king used in official correspondence. Furthermore, although the family managed to remain in power for so long, this was not without kings being deposed, ransomed and imprisoned, or without sons plotting against their fathers for the throne and wives turning against their husbands. 'The Plantagenets' is an accessible book that tells the whole narrative of the dynasty, from the coronation of Henry, Count of Anjou, in 1145 to the fall of Yorkist Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485.
- ISBN:
- 9781782748113
- 1782748113
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