Sceptred Isle: A new history of the fourteenth century by Helen Carr ISBN 9781529151664, 9781529151657, 152915166X, 1529151651, 52915166X instant download

Sceptred Isle: A new history of the fourteenth century by Helen Carr ISBN 9781529151664, 9781529151657, 152915166X, 1529151651, 52915166X instant download

Through the epic drama of regicide, war, the prolonged spectre of bubonic plague, religious antagonism, revolt and the end of a royal dynasty, this book tells the story of the fourteenth century via the lives of Edward II, Edward III and Richard II – three very different monarchs, each with their own egos and ambitions, each with their own ideas about England and what it meant to wield power.

Alongside the lives of the last Plantagenets, it also uncovers lesser-known voices and untold stories to give a new portrait of a fractured monarchy, the birth of the struggle between Europeanism and nationalism, social rebellion and a global pandemic.

Sceptred Isle is a thrilling narrative account of a century of revolution, shifting power and great change – social, political and cultural – shedding new light on a pivotal period of English history and the people who lived