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Джон Т. Эплби, автор ряда жизнеописаний английских королей XI-XIII веков, на страницах своей книги воссоздает эпоху правления Иоанна Безземельного - сына великого Генриха ...
Richard Cœur de Lion, né en 1153, fut le moins anglais des rois d'Angleterre, où il ne résida que six mois, régnant sur d'immenses territoires allant de l'Ecosse aux Pyrén...
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This book illuminates Warwick's character and motivation, showing that he was an emotional, charming, and popular man with a strong sense of family loyalty. It is the firs...
What were the essential qualities for a military commander during the Hundred Years War? How important were strategic vision, tactical skill and powers of leadership in me...
Эдуард Вудстокский (1330—1376), принц Уэльский, прозванный Черным Принцем — один из известнейших исторических деятелей средневековья. Сын и наследник короля Англии, победи...
The first biography of the rebel baron who deposed and murdered Edward II.
One night in August 1323 a captive rebel baron, Sir Roger Mortimer, drugged his guards and escap...
The extraordinary true story of the 'Red Queen'. Born in the midst of the Wars of the Roses, Margaret Beaufort became the greatest heiress of her time. She survived a turb...
The reign of Edward II (1307-27) was a series of total disasters, making him unsuccessful to an extent almost without equal. He failed to be kingly, preferring ditching an...
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Eight generations of the greatest and worst kings and queens that this country has ever seen - from the White Ship to the Lionheart, bad King John to the Black Prince and ...
Король Англии Эдуард I Длинноногий из династии Плантагенетов, правивший в 1272–1307 годах, вошел в историю как один из самых могущественных правителей средневековой Европы...
The Black Prince was one of the most important figures of the medieval period: he claimed the major battles of the Hundred Years Wars. Dying before his father, Edward III,...
King Henry VI is proving to be an unstable monarch, prone to bouts of mysterious illness and susceptible to manipulation from others. Richard of York, the most powerful ma...
Gaunt was son of Edward III, brother to the Black Prince, father to Henry IV and the sire of all those Tudors. He’s had a pretty bad press: supposed usurper of Richard II’...
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