Demon's brood, a history of the Plantagenet dynasty, Desmond Seward
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Label
Demon's brood, a history of the Plantagenet dynasty, Desmond Seward
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [295]-312) and index
resource.biographical
collective biography
Illustrations
platesportraitsillustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Demon's brood
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
870098424
Responsibility statement
Desmond Seward
Sub title
a history of the Plantagenet dynasty
Summary
A vivid and colorful history of the most dominant royal dynasty in English history, from Richard the Lionheart and Edward the Black Prince to Henry IV and Richard III
Table Of Contents
The demon and her heirs -- The first Plantagenets. The first Plantagenets ; The Eagle : Henry II ; The Lionheart : Richard I ; The Madman : John ; The Aesthete : Henry III -- Plantagenet Britain? The Hammer : Edward I ; The Changeling : Edward II -- Plantagenet France? The Paladin : Edward III ; The Absolutist : Richard II ; The Usurper : Henry IV ; The 'Gleaming King' : Henry V -- Lancaster and York. The Holy Fool : Henry VI ; The Self-Made King : Edward IV ; The Suicide : Richard III -- The Kings in the national myth