Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, the Power behind Five English Thrones

Thomas Asbridge's book "The Marshal" is a rip-roaring new life of William Marshal, a great medieval life who served at the right hand of five English monarchs and helped negotiate the terms of Magna Carta. It charts the rise to prominence of a man bound to a code of honor, driven by ambition, and reveals the brutish realities of medieval warfare and the machinations of the royal court.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 464 pages
\n Publication date: 02 September 2021
\n Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
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A RIP-ROARING NEW LIFE OF MARSHAL:


A SPLENDID ACCOUNT OF A GREAT MEDIEVAL LIFE


Dan Jones, author of Crusaders:


A thoroughly entertaining account of England's most colorful and courageous medieval knight


Sunday Times


Drawing upon an array of contemporary evidence, renowned historian Thomas Asbridges authoritative and dramatic account brings to life the often overlooked figure of William Marshal, a man who not only served at the right hand of five English monarchs but also helped negotiate the terms of Magna Carta.


Charting the unparalleled rise to prominence of a man bound to a code of honor, yet driven by unquenchable ambition, this knight's tale lays bare the brutish realities of medieval warfare and the machinations of the royal court, and draws us into the heart of a formative period of our history: when the West emerged from the Dark Ages and stood on the brink of modernity.


Friend of Richard the Lionheart and the infamous King John, and, ultimately, regent of the realm, this is the story of one remarkable man and the forging of the English nation.


SKILLFULLY DONE...A POWERFUL CAST OF CHARACTERS THAT FASCINATES STILL:


TLS


The medieval world...at last comes touchingly to life


Spectator

\n Weight: 348g\n
Dimension: 242 x 209 x 32 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781471196447\n
Edition number: Reissue\n