A. J. Pollard

Henry V: pocket GIANTS (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

In this concise, accessible, and engaging biography, Pollard rejects the jingoistic approach to one of England's most renowned military heroes. Henry V enjoyed spectacular success against the French, coming tantalisingly close to conquering the vast country and imposing and English dynasty; this in a reign of just nine years, in only seven of which he was at war. Even before he died the heroic myth, later enshrined by Shakespeare, was being created. His victories have become the touchstone of English nationalism, English militarism and English imperialism. For good or ill, Henry V now signifies the one-time 'Greatness of England'. he was a military genius, yet his megalomania was not in the best interests of his kingdom, let alone the people of France who suffered at his hands. Behind the carefully constructed nationalist myth was a cold, calculating, ruthless ruler who, before his early death, was already becoming a tyrant.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: The History Press LTD
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780750955249
• Artikelnr.: 40430084

Autorenporträt

A.J. POLLARD is Emeritus Professor of history at Teesside University. He has a PhD in history from Bristol University, was a councillor of the Royal Historical Society and on two occasions a member of the history panel of the Research Assessment Exercise. He has published widely on the history of fifteenth-century England, his most recent books being Imagining Robin Hood: the early stories in historical context (2004) and Warwick the Kingmaker: Politics, Power and Fame (2007). A third edition of his Wars of the Roses, first published in 1988, is appearing in 2013. He has participated in television documentaries on Henry V and Richard III as well as contributed to History Today and BBC History Magazine.