Hundred Years War Vol 2 (Paperback)

Jonathan Sumption

ISBN 10: 0571207375 / ISBN 13: 9780571207374

Published by Faber & Faber, London, 2001

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Paperback. Based on a wide range of contemporary sources, both printed and unprinted, and coloured by a lively historical imagination, Trial by Fire is the absorbing continuation of Jonathan Sumption's 'immensely impressive history' (Daily Telegraph). France in 1347 was in a state close to collapse, after a decade of continual invasion and the defeats at Crecy and Calais. The next 22 years saw further humiliations: the Battle of Poitiers, a revolution in Paris, and the capture of King John II of France, followed by nine years of uncertain peace in the 1360s. The English and their allies had destroyed much of France - but they lacked the resources to occupy it, and although France was defeated, England was by no means victorious. In the second volume of his celebrated history of the Hundred Years War, Jonathan Sumption examines the middle years of the fourteenth century and the succession of crises that threatened French affairs of state, including defeat at Poitiers and the capture of the king. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hundred Years War Vol 2 (Paperback)
• Publisher: Faber & Faber, London
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571207375
• ISBN 13: 9780571207374
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

In the second volume of his celebrated history of the Hundred Years War, Jonathan Sumption examines the middle years of the fourteenth century and the succession of crises that threatened French affairs of state, including defeat at Poitiers and the capture of the king.

About the Author

Jonathan Sumption is the author of Pilgrimage and The Albigensian Crusade, as well as his celebrated five-volume history of the Hundred Years War - Trial by Battle, Trial by Fire, Divided Houses, Cursed Kings and Triumph and Illusion. He was awarded the 2023 Franco-British Society Literary Award for Triumph and Illusion and the 2009 Wolfson History Prize for Divided Houses.