Helen Castor
The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV
The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV
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The Eagle and the Hart is a non-fiction book of the year that chronicles the lives and reigns of Richard II and Henry IV, two cousins whose rivalry brought their nation to the brink of disintegration and back again. The author, Helen Castor, tells the story of one of the strangest and most fateful relationships in English history, focusing on power, masculinity in crisis, and a nation brought to the brink of catastrophe.
Format: Hardback
Length: 688 pages
Publication date: 03 October 2024
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
A Glorious Work of History... A Gripping and Haunting Tragedy... There Was No Book Published This Year, Novels Included, That I Found Richer in Character; No Plot More Taut - Tom Holland, The Spectator A Dazzling Tour de Force of Epic Royal History: A Compulsive, Unputdownable Real-Life Thriller, A Gripping Portrait of Ruthless Power Politics, and a Study of British Tyranny ... Written with the Delicacy and Elegance of One of Britain's Most Brilliant Historians at the Top of Her Game - Simon Sebag-Montefiore Phenomenal Historian Helen Castor's Masterful Plume Plunges Us into the Depths of Machination and the Abyss of Tragedy. This Is a Masterpiece That Leaves the Reader Both Satiated and Breathless - Olivette Otele, Author of African Europeans If Ever a Book of History Was Blessed with Contemporary Relevance, This One Is. The Dumbfounding, Delusional, Narcissistic King Richard; The White-Knuckle Ride of Henry IV, Dogged All the Way by Notions of Illegitimacy. I Feel These Men Could Have Been Ripped from Today's Headlines. The Books Great Achievement Is in the Storytelling — the Unfolding Drama, the Secrets of Power and Ambition So Beautifully Controlled in the Telling. The Eagle and the Hart Will Be a Non-Fiction Book of the Year and Will Deserve the Ovations It Is Certain to Receive. When History Is This Gripping, There's Nothing Like It - Andrew O Hagan The Author of She-Wolves Chronicles the Lives and Reigns of Richard II and Henry IV, Two Cousins Whose Rivalry Brought Their Nation to the Brink of Disintegration - and Back Again Richard of Bordeaux and Henry Bolingbroke Were First Cousins, Born Just Three Months Apart. Their Lives Were from the Beginning Entwined. When They Were Still Children, Richard Was Crowned King Richard II with Henry.
Weight: 1164g
Dimension: 242 x 166 x 44 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780241419328
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