Table of Contents
List of Illustrations x
Preface xiii
Chapter 1 Richard I 'the Lionheart' 1189-1199 1
Chapter 2 1189-1199 Castles and Crusades 11
Chapter 3 John 1199-1216 16
Chapter 4 1202-1207 Castellan in Conflict 21
Chapter 5 1207-1213 From Scapegoat to Seneschal of Poitou 31
Chapter 6 1213-1215 King John's French Farce 45
Chapter 7 1215 Rebellion and Magna Charta 53
Chapter 8 Henry III, 1216 and After 58
Chapter 9 24 August 1217 The Great Battle of Sandwich: Hubert's finest hour 66
Chapter 10 1217-1221 Recovery of the Realm 81
Chapter 11 1221-1226 King in all but Name 89
Chapter 12 1227-1230 A Foreboding of Disaster 103
Chapter 13 1230-1231 Henry's Odyssey of Wasted Time 109
Chapter 14 1232-1234 Fortitude and Survival 117
Chapter 15 1234-1243 The Sunset Years of England's Elder Statesman 130
Chapter 16 In Memoriam 140
Postscript 144
Appendix 145
Notes and References 147
Select Bibliography 151
Index 155