Gold, Claudia, MD

King of the North Wind

The Life of Henry II in Five Acts

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Produktbeschreibung

Henry II conquered the largest empire of any English medieval king. Yet it is the people around him we remember: his wife Eleanor, whom he seduced from the French king; his son Richard the Lionheart; Thomas Becket, murdered in his cathedral. Who was this great, yet tragic king? For fans of Dan Jones, George RR Martin and Bernard Cornwell.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins UK / William Collins
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 090345
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 330g
• ISBN-13: 9780007554805
• ISBN-10: 000755480X
• Artikelnr.: 54588963

Autorenporträt

Claudia Gold

Rezensionen

'Gold ... sees the best way to tell the story of Henry II's reign is through the people ... (she) approaches his life in five pseudo-Shakespearean acts ... An effective structure allowing her colourful and sharply observed history of a tricky reign to take shape ... an enjoyable account of England's first Plantagenet king' Sunday Times

'Good readable history ... Gold's narrative is pacey ... the asides that pepper Gold's narrative are what make it, unusually for medieval history, riotously entertaining ... 'King of the North Wind' is a work that claims to be 'written as historical tragedy', but it's much more fun than that' The Times