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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
240 Pages, 5.5 x 8.5
Formats: Trade Paper, EPUB, Mobipocket, PDF
Trade Paper, $27.95 (US $27.95) (CA $30.95)
Publication Date: June 2013
ISBN 9780720614800
Rights: US & CA
Peter Owen Publishers (Jun 2013)
The first biography in many years of Henry III
The son and successor of Bad King John, Henry III reigned for 56 years from 1216, the first child king in England for 200 years. England went on to prosper during his reign and his greatest monument is Westminster Abbey, which he made the seat of his government—indeed, Henry III was the first English King to call a parliament. Though often overlooked by historians, Henry III was a unique figure coming out of a chivalric yet Gothic era: a compulsive builder of daunting castles and epic sepulchres; a powerful, unyielding monarch who faced down the De Montfort rebellion and waged war with Wales and France; and, much more than his father, Henry was the king who really hammered out the terms of the Magna Carta with the barons. John Paul Davis brings all his forensic skills and insights to the grand story of the Gothic King in this, the only biography in print of a most remarkable monarch.
