King John
Material type: TextPublication details: UK Windmill Books 2016Description: 382pISBN:- 9780099591825
- 942.033092/MOR
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The brilliantly compelling new biography of the treacherous and tyrannical King John , published to coincide with the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta.
King John is familiar to everyone as the villain from the tales of Robin Hood -- greedy, cowardly, despicable and cruel. But who was the man behind the legend?
Drawing on contemporary chronicles and the king's own letters, bestselling historian Marc Morris brings the real John vividly to life. We see how a youngest son with limited prospects became the ruler of the greatest dominion in Europe, but at a terrible cost. His rise to power involved treachery, rebellion and murder, and his reign witnessed oppression on an almost unprecedented scale. It climaxed in conspiracy and revolt, and his leading subjects forced him to issue Magna Carta, a document binding him and his successors to behave better in future. John's rejection of the charter led to civil war and foreign invasion, bringing his life to a disastrous close.
Authoritative and dramatic, Marc Morris's King John offers a compelling portrait of an extraordinary man at a momentous turning point in the history of Britain and Europe.
This is a biography of the treacherous and tyrannical King John, published to coincide with the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta. King John is familiar to everyone as the villain from the tales of Robin Hood - greedy, cowardly, despicable and cruel. But who was the man behind the legend? Was he truly a monster, or a capable ruler cursed by ill luck? In this book, historian Marc Morris draws on contemporary chronicles and the king's own letters to bring the real John vividly to life. LKR1525.00
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No cover image available | King John Treachery,Tyranny and the Road to Magna Carta by Morris Marc ©2015 |