For thirty dramatic years, England ruled a great swath of France at the point of the swordâan all-but-forgotten episode in the Hundred Yearsâ War that Juliet Barker brings to vivid life in Conquest.
Following Agincourt, Henry Vâs second invasion of France in 1417 launched a campaign that would place the crown of France on an English head. Buoyed by conquest, the English army seemed invincible. By the time of Henryâs premature death in 1422, nearly all of northern France lay in his hands and the Valois heir to the throne had been disinherited. Only the appearance of a visionary peasant girl who claimed divine guidance, Joan of Arc, was able to halt the English advance, but not for long. Just six months after her death, Henryâs young son was crowned in Paris as the firstâand lastâEnglish king of France.
Henry VIâs kingdom endured for twenty years, but when he came of age he was not the leader his father had been. The dauphin whom Joan had crowned Charles VII would finally drive the English out of France. Barker recounts these stirring eventsâthe epic battles and sieges, plots and betrayalsâthrough a kaleidoscope of characters from John Talbot, the âEnglish Achilles,â and John, duke of Bedford, regent of France, to brutal mercenaries, opportunistic freebooters, resourceful spies, and lovers torn apart by the conflict.
Categories:
- History
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Europe
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Author : Barker, Juliet
Language : English
Published :2012-02-27
Number Of Pages : 512
Binding : Hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0674065603
ISBN-13 : 9780674065604
Item weight : 1.75 lb
Dimensions : 1.7 in x 6.6 in x 9.3 in
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