Hundred Years War Vol 2: Trial By Fire
- ISBN-10
- 0571266592
- ISBN-13
- 9780571266593
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 704
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-10-06
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Author
- Jonathan Sumption
Description
In the second volume of his celebrated history of the Hundred Years War, Jonathan Sumption examines the middle years of the fourteenth century and the succession of crises that threatened French affairs of state, including defeat at Poitiers and the capture of the king.
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