Blood Cries Afar: The Forgotten Invasion of England 1216
A History, Nonfiction book. That book reads like a novel, full of plot twists, battles and intrigues. But...
The first book on the important but overlooked French invasion of England in 1216, which was almost a second Norman Conquest History came within a hair's breadth of repeating itself, 150 years after the Norman Conquest. In 1216, taking advantage of the turmoil created in England by King John's inept rule and the war over Magna Carta, Prince Louis of France and his army of mercenaries and French soldiers invaded England and allied with English rebels. The prize was the crown of England. Within months Louis had seized control of one-third of...
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- Pages: 256 pages
- ISBN: 9780752454627 / 0
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That book reads like a novel, full of plot twists, battles and intrigues. But it is based on a very solid research which is presented with clear conclusions. You will get to know not only the narrative of Johns war against barons and French invasion, but also the most up-to-date conception of medieval warfare, statecraft and nobles'... To be reviewed for HNS August 2012 This is a very well-told history of the Anglo-French war begun in the reign of Richard the Lionheart and weakly carried on by his successor King John against Philip Augustus and his son, Louis the Lion.
