The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperbackRichard II (1377-99) came to the throne as a child, following the long, domineering, martial reign of his grandfather Edward III. He suffered from the disastrous combination of a most exalted sense of his own power and an inability to impress that power on those closest to the throne. Neither trusted nor feared, Richard battled with a whole series of failures and emergencies before finally succumbing to a coup, imprisonment and murder.Laura Ashe's brilliant account of his reign emphasizes the strange gap between Richard's personal incapacity and the amazing cultural legacy of his reign - from the Wilton Diptych to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Piers Plowman and The Canterbury Tales.Edition: ReprintNumber of Pages: 125 p. ;Genre: History, Biography + AutobiographySub-Genre: Royalty, EuropeSeries Title: Penguin MonarchsFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Trafalgar SquareBook theme: Great BritainAuthor: Laura AsheLanguage: EnglishStreet Date: December 1, 2018TCIN: 53982472UPC: 9780141987361Item Number (DPCI): 248-21-1639If the item details above aren’t accurate or complete, we want to know about it. Report incorrect product info.
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