A Great and Glorious Adventure
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A Great and Glorious Adventure

A History of the Hundred Years War and the Birth of Renaissance England

  1. 320 pages
  2. English
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A Great and Glorious Adventure

A History of the Hundred Years War and the Birth of Renaissance England

About this book

The glory and tragedy of the Hundred Years War is revealed in a new historical narrative, bringing Henry V, the Black Prince, and Joan of Arc to fresh and vivid life. In this captivating new history of a conflict that raged for over a century, Gordon Corrigan reveals the horrors of battle and the machinations of power that have shaped a millennium of Anglo-French relations.The Hundred Years War was fought between 1337 and 1453 over English claims to both the throne of France by right of inheritance and large parts of the country that had been at one time Norman or, later, English. The fighting ebbed and flowed, but despite their superior tactics and great victories at Crécy, Poitiers, and Agincourt, the English could never hope to secure their claims in perpetuity: France was wealthier and far more populous, and while the English won the battles, they could not hope to hold forever the lands they conquered.Military historian Gordon Corrigan's gripping narrative of these epochal events is combative and refreshingly alive, and the great battles and personalities of the period—Edward III, The Black Prince, Henry V, and Joan of Arc among them—receive the full attention and reassessment they deserve.

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Information

Publisher
Pegasus Books
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9781605988429
eBook ISBN
9781605986050

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Contents
  4. List of Illustrations
  5. List of Maps
  6. Introduction
  7. 1 Where it all Began
  8. 2 Stating the Claim
  9. 3 From Obligation to Profession
  10. 4 Crécy
  11. 5 Triumph and Disaster – Calais and the Black Death
  12. 6 The Capture of a King
  13. 7 The French Revival
  14. 8 Revolts and Retribution
  15. 9 Once More unto the Breach...
  16. 10 The Pride and the Fall
  17. Epilogue
  18. Notes
  19. Select Bibliography
  20. Note on the Author
  21. Acknowledgements
  22. Index
  23. Also by Gordon Corrigan
  24. Copyright