9780140148251-0140148256-The Hollow Crown: A History of Britain in the Late Middle Ages

The Hollow Crown: A History of Britain in the Late Middle Ages

ISBN-13: 9780140148251
ISBN-10: 0140148256
Edition: Illustrated
Author: Miri Rubin
Publication date: 2006
Publisher: Penguin Books
Format: Paperback 380 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780140148251
ISBN-10: 0140148256
Edition: Illustrated
Author: Miri Rubin
Publication date: 2006
Publisher: Penguin Books
Format: Paperback 380 pages

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The Hollow Crown: A History of Britain in the Late Middle Ages (ISBN-13: 9780140148251 and ISBN-10: 0140148256), written by authors Miri Rubin, was published by Penguin Books in 2006. With an overall rating of 4.2 stars, it's a notable title among other Europe (Royalty, Leaders & Notable People, Historical) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Hollow Crown: A History of Britain in the Late Middle Ages (Paperback, Used) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Europe books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.03.

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There is no more haunting, compelling period in Britain's history than the later middle ages. The extraordinary kings - Edward III and Henry V, the great warriors, Richard II and Henry VI, tragic inadequates killed by their failure to use their power, and Richard III, the demon king. The extraordinary events - the Black Death that destroyed a third of the population, the Peasants' Revolt, the Wars of the Roses, the Battle of Agincourt. The extraordinary artistic achievements - the great churches, castles and tombs that still dominate the landscape, the birth of the English language in The Canterbury Tales. For the first time in a generation, a historian has had the vision and confidence to write a spell-binding account of the era immortalised by Shakespeare's history plays. The Hollow Crown brilliantly brings to life for the reader a world we have long lost - a strange, Catholic, rural country of monks, peasants, knights and merchants, almost perpetually at war - but continues to define so much of England's national myth.

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