The Life and Times of Henry V
by Peter Earle
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- NEAR FINE (NEAR NEW)/Very Good (AVERAGE)
- ISBN 10
- 029799428X
- ISBN 13
- 9780297994282
- Seller
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Peter Tavy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: George Weidenfeld & Nicolson/ Book Club Associates , 1972. Laminated Jacket. General editor Antonia Fraser. From the popular Weidenfeld/BCA series of biographies of English Kings and Queens " On 25 Ocotber 1415, the flower of French chivalry fell, slaughtered in a muddy field near the village of Agincourt. From that day onwards, when his outnumbered English army fought desperately and successfully for survival, the name of Henry V has rung through history as one of the great warrior heroes of the Middle Ages. His father had won the throne in a successful revolt against an unpopular tyrant, and Henry was to spend his boyhood in the field defending his inheritance. From this harsh upbringing he derived a devotion to military ideals which inspired his people to follow him gladly to war and which gave him the reputation of the most formidable warrior of his age. Yet as Peter Earle shows in this study, Henry was also a courteous and cultured man who encouraged the arts in his kingdom and whose wooing of a French princess fulfilled all the highest expectations of courtly love." Please email for further details POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES!. Not Signed or Inscribed. First Edition. Purple Cloth. NEAR FINE (NEAR NEW)/Very Good (AVERAGE). Illus. by 16 Pages of Colour Plates & 100 Illustrations in Black & White . 4to - over 9¾" - 12". HARDBACK.
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- Seller
- Bookfarm (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 566686
- Title
- The Life and Times of Henry V
- Author
- Peter Earle
- Illustrator
- 16 Pages of Colour Plates & 100 Illustrations in Black & White
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New NEAR FINE (NEAR NEW)
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good (AVERAGE)
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 029799428X
- ISBN 13
- 9780297994282
- Publisher
- George Weidenfeld & Nicolson/ Book Club Associates
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1972
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religious; Scholastic Interest; Royalty; Military; Biograhical; Biography;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12"
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