Plantagenet princes
Boyd, Douglas, 1938-2021
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When Count Henry of Anjou and his formidable wife Eleanor of Aquitaine became king and queen of England, they amassed an empire stretching 1,000 miles from the Pyrenees to the Scottish border, including half of France. Henry's grandmother Empress (of Germany) Mathilda had taught him that ruling is like venery: show the hawk the reward, but take it away at the last moment, to keep the bird eager to please. To sons and vassals alike, Henry promised everything but gave nothing, keeping the three adult princes hating him and the other siblings all their lives. 'Plantagenet Princes' traces the lives and infamous webs of mistrust and intrigue among them.
Plantagenet princes / Douglas Boyd.
Boyd, Douglas, 1938-, author
Barnsley : Pen & Sword History, 2021.
256 pages ; 24 cm
9781526743060 (hbk. :)
English
1167768