The Song Of Simon De Montfort: England&Apos S First Revolutionary Sophie Therese Ambler Picador Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

\ Alive With Human Detail And Acute Political Judgement This Book Marks The Arrival Of A Formidably Gifted Historian – Dan Jones Author Plantagenets Templarsit Was Around Half-Past Eight In Morning Summer Rainclouds Weighing Heavy Sky That Simon De Montfort Decided To Die It 4 August 1265 He About Face Royal Army Final Battle Quarrel Had Raged Between Them For Years Outnumbered Outmanoeuvred Certain Lose Chose Fight Knowing Could Not Possibly Win Day Song Is Story Extraordinary Man: Heir Great Warrior Devoted Husband Father Fearless Crusader Knight Charismatic Leader Man Whose Passion Good Governance So Fierce 1258 Frustrated By King’s Refusal Take Advice His Nobles Increasing Injustice Meted Out Subjects Marched On Henry Iii’s Hall At Westminster Seized Reins Power Established Council Rule Name Overturning Social Order Way Would Be Seen Again Until Oliver Cromwell Seventeenth Century Having Defeated King Lewes 1264 Revolutionary Ruled England Some Fifteen Months Enmity Two Sides Exploded When Fighting Over Host Followers Been Cut Down Battlefield An Outpouring Noble Blood Marked End Chivalry As Existed Since Norman Conquest Drawing Abundance Sources Allow Us Trace Montfort’s Actions Personality Depth Possible Earlier Periods Medieval History Sophie Thérèse Ambler Tells Clarity Reveals All Excitement Chaos Tragedy England’s First Revolution Σελίδες: 368 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0825 Διαστάσεις: 13 1X13 1Cm