CONQUEST THE ENGLISH KINGDOM OF FRANCE IN THE HUNDRED IN CAPE TOWN

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 6 - 13 working days Author of the best-selling AGINCOURT, Juliet Barker now tells the equally remarkable, but largely forgotten, story of the dramatic years when England ruled France at the point of a sword. Henry V's second invasion of France in launched a campaign that would put the crown of France on an English head. Only the miraculous appearance of a visionary peasant girl - Joan of Arc - would halt the English advance. Yet despite her victories, her influence was short-lived: Henry VI had his coronation in Paris six months after her death and his kingdom endured for another twenty years. When he came of age he was not the leader his father had been. It was the dauphin, whom Joan had crowned Charles VII, who would finally drive the English out of France. Supremely evocative and brilliantly told, this is narrative history at its most colourful and compelling - the true story of those who fought for an English kingdom of France. Features Summary * The thirty years of English rule in France that followed the battle of Agincourt - by the acclaimed author of AGINCOURT: THE KING, THE CAMPAIGN, THE BATTLE Author Juliet Barker Publisher Abacus Release date Pages 485 ISBN ISBN