From 1337 to 1453 England repeatedly invaded France on the pretext that
her kings had a right to the French throne. Though it was a small, poor
country, England for most of those "hundred years" won the battles, sacked
the towns and castles, and dominated the war. The protagonists of the Hundred
Years War are among the most colorful in European history: Edward III,
the Black Prince; Henry V, who was later immortalized by Shakespeare; the
splendid but inept John II, who died a prisoner in London; Charles V, who
very nearly overcame England; and the enigmatic Charles VII, who at last
drove the English out. Desmond Seward's critically-acclaimed account of
the Hundred Years War brings to life all of the intrigue, beauty, and royal
to-the-death-fighting of that legendary century-long conflict.
"Mr. Seward shows us all the famous sights of those roaring times .
. . and illuminates them with an easy scholarship, a nice sense of detail
. . . and a most agreeable clarity of style." --The New Yorker
Paperback from Penguin USA (Paper)
Book Published: August, 1999
Arms, Armies and Fortifications in the Hundred Years War by Anne Curry, Michael Hughes
Hardcover from Univ of Rochester Pr
Book Published: September, 1994
Out of Print
The Crecy War: A Military History of the Hundred Years War from 1337
to the Peace of Bretigny, 1360 (Wordsworth Military Library) by Alfred H. Burne
(Paperback)
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