Stephen Cooper

Gebundenes Buch

The Real Falstaff

Sir John Fastolf and the Hundred Years' War

Beschreibung

Sir John Fastolf was one of the most famous English knights and military commanders of the Hundred Years' War, and is commonly thought to be a model for Sir John Falstaff, one of Shakespeare's greatest characters. This book examines the link in full.

Autor

Stephen Cooper is an Oxford graduate, lawyer and civil servant who has previously written on life in eighteenth-century England and on English crime and criminals in the nineteenth century. But his main interest has always been in medieval history, and he has made a close study of the Hundred Years' War and of mercenary warfare in medieval Italy. His most recent book is Sir John Hawkwood: Chivalry and the Art of War. He currently lives in Yorkshire.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pen & Sword Books
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 164mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 551g
• ISBN-13: 9781848841239
• ISBN-10: 184884123X
• Artikelnr.: 29900313