Great Tales from English History, Volume 2: Joan of Arc, the by Robert Lacey

By Robert Lacey

The best historians are shiny storytellers, Robert Lacey reminds us, and in nice stories from English heritage, he proves his position between them, illuminating in unforgettable element the characters and occasions that formed a kingdom. during this quantity, Lacey limns crucial interval in England's prior, highlighting the unfold of the English language, the rejection of either a faith and a standard view of kingly authority, and an unstoppable flow towards highbrow and political freedom from 1387 to 1689. commencing with Chaucer's Canterbury stories and culminating in William and Mary's "Glorious Revolution," Lacey revisits the various really vintage tales of English background: the conflict of Agincourt, the place Henry V's expert archers defeated a French military 3 times as huge; the tragic story of the 2 younger princes locked within the Tower of London (and potentially murdered) through their usurping uncle, Richard III; Henry VIII's schismatic divorce, not only from his spouse yet from the authority of the Catholic Church; "Bloody Mary" and the burning of spiritual dissidents; Sir Francis Drake's dramatic, if questionable, half within the defeat of the Spanish Armada; and the poor and transformative nice fireplace of London, to call yet a couple of. the following Anglophiles will locate their favourite English kings and queens, villains and sufferers, authors and designers - from Richard II to Anne Boleyn, the Virgin Queen to Oliver Cromwell, Samuel Pepys to Christopher Wren, and lots of extra. carrying on with the "eminently readable, hugely enjoyable" (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) heritage he begun in quantity I of serious stories from English historical past, Robert Lacey has drawn at the most modern study to provide a taut and riveting narrative, respiring lifestyles into the main pivotal characters and interesting landmarks in England's heritage.

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