The Black Prince and the Capture of a King

The Black Prince and the Capture of a King
Author :
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Total Pages : 302
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781612004525
ISBN-13 : 1612004520
Rating : 4/5 (520 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Black Prince and the Capture of a King by : Marilyn Livingstone

Download or read book The Black Prince and the Capture of a King written by Marilyn Livingstone and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2018-07-19 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “taut narrative” of the fourteenth-century conflict between England and France offers “a detailed, climactic account of a legendary battle” (Publishers Weekly). The epic fourteenth-century Battle of Poitiers marked a major turn in the Hundred Years’ War between England and France. Prince Edward, known to all as the Black Prince, not only won a surprising victory in his first campaign as commander, but managed the nearly impossible feat of taking the French monarch, King Jean II, prisoner. In the summer of 1356, Prince Edward drove toward the Loire Valley, deep in French territory. There, he met the full French army led by King Jean and a number of French nobles, including veterans of the defeat at Crécy ten years before. Outnumbered, the Prince fell back, but in September, he turned near the city of Poitiers to make a stand. Historians Witzel and Livingstone provide a day-by-day description of the campaign of July to September 1356, climaxing with a vivid description of the Battle of Poitiers itself. The detailed account and analysis of the battle and the campaigns that led up to it has a strong focus on the people involved in the campaign: ordinary men-at-arms and noncombatants, as well as princes and nobles.


The Black Prince and the Capture of a King Related Books

The Black Prince and the Capture of a King
Language: en
Pages: 302
Authors: Marilyn Livingstone
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-07-19 - Publisher: Casemate Publishers

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This “taut narrative” of the fourteenth-century conflict between England and France offers “a detailed, climactic account of a legendary battle” (Publis
The Black Prince
Language: en
Pages: 405
Authors: Michael Jones
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-05-01 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

As a child he was given his own suit of armor; at the age of sixteen, he helped defeat the French at Crécy. At Poitiers, in 1356, his victory over King John II
Joan of Kent
Language: en
Pages: 610
Authors: Penny Lawne
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-02-15 - Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The story of the beautiful wife of the Black Prince and mother of Richard II.
Battle of Poitiers 1356
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: David Green
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: Tempus

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This is the story of one of the great battles of the Hundred Years War, often ignored in favor of its more celebrated siblings, Crecy and Agincourt. The victory
To Catch A King: Charles II's Great Escape
Language: en
Pages: 317
Authors: Charles Spencer
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-10-05 - Publisher: HarperCollins UK

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

How did the most wanted man in the country outwit the greatest manhunt in British history?