The Restless Kings

By: Nick Barratt;

Language: English

Quality: Like New

Genre: Autobiography - Biography, History,

ISBN: 9780571329113

SKU: BE501425933026

Pages: 416

Description: In The Restless Kings Nick Barratt presents the tumultuous struggle for supremacy between the first Plantagenet king, Henry II, and his four sons. This conflict tore apart the most powerful family in Western Europe and shaped the future of both Britain and France, with a significance which still resonates today. Exploring the personalities and crises facing this extraordinary family, The Restless Kings brings to life some of the most remarkable, complex, flawed and brilliant monarchs ever to have sat on the English throne, and will challenge everything you thought you knew about the medieval world.