Richard II : a brittle glory
Ashe, Laura2016
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Richard II (1377-1399) came to the throne as a child, following the long, domineering, martial reign of his grandfather Edward III. He suffered from the disastrous combination of a most exalted sense of his own power and an inability to impress that power on those closest to the throne. Neither trusted nor feared, Richard battled with a whole series of failures and emergencies before finally succumbing to a coup, imprisonment and murder. Laura Ashe's account of his reign emphasizes the strange gap between Richard's personal incapacity and the amazing cultural legacy of his reign.
Main title:
Richard II : a brittle glory / Laura Ashe.
Author:
Ashe, Laura, author
Imprint:
UK : Allen Lane, 2016.
Collation:
x, 125 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 19 cm.
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Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780141979892 (pbk)9780141979908 (ebook)
Dewey class:
942'.038'092
Language:
English
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BRN:
227758
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