Lionheart and Lackland: King Richard, King John and the Wars of Conquest Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Lionheart and Lackland: King Richard, King John and the Wars of Conquest Book

Discovers what the Plantagenets were really like and how their history measures up to their myth. This work shows how bad a king John was, despite his intellectual gifts, and in contrast how impressive Richard was - brilliantly successful in war, accomplished artistically and the nearest we are likely to get to the medieval ideal of chivalry.Read More

from£10.96 | RRP: £10.99
* Excludes Voucher Code Discount Also available Used from £3.42
  • TheBookPeople

    Anyone who has seen The Lion in Winter will remember the vicious, compelling world of the Plantagenets and readers of the romance of Robin Hood will be familiar with the typecasting of Good King Richard, defending Christendom in the Holy Land, and Bad King John who usurps the kingdom in his absence. But do these popular stereotypes correspond with reality? In this sweeping narrative, celebrated historian Frank McLynn turns the tables on modern revisionist historians and shows these larger-than-life characters as they really were - crusading, fighting vicious wars in France, negotiating with the papacy, engaging in ruthless dynastic intrigue, often against each other: in Richard's case, even holding the kingdom together when fighting in the Holy Land; and in John's, losing Normandy, catastrophically agonising the barons over Magna Carta and losing the Crown Jewels in the Wash.

  • 071269417X
  • 9780712694179
  • F.J. McLynn
  • 4 October 2007
  • Vintage
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 592
  • New edition
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. If you click through any of the links below and make a purchase we may earn a small commission (at no extra cost to you). Click here to learn more.

Would you like your name to appear with the review?

We will post your book review within a day or so as long as it meets our guidelines and terms and conditions. All reviews submitted become the licensed property of www.find-book.co.uk as written in our terms and conditions. None of your personal details will be passed on to any other third party.

All form fields are required.