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(0)Michael K Jones
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
259 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Argues that Richard III's defeat at Bosworth Field was not inevitable using new archival discoveries to reveal new details about the battle and Henry Tudor's reliance on French mercenaries.
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Pegasus books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xxiv, 456 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Jones's engaging biography of Edward of Woodstock (1330?76), eldest son of King Edward III and known to posterity as "the Black Prince," seeks to place his subject into the events and culture of the later Middle Ages and away from the mythologized versions of him. Although Edward never reigned?his father outlived him?his life and person, Jones argues, embodied the ideal of the medieval knight. Edward was acclaimed for his martial achievements (e.g.,...