The Hundred Years War: The English in France 1337-1453

by Desmond Seward

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781101173770
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/01/1999
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	228,550
File size:	5 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Desmond Seward was born in Paris and educated at Cambridge University. He is the author of Richard III: England's Black Legend, The Monks of War, and The War of the Roses.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Foreword
1. Valois or Plantagenet? 1328-1340
2. Crécy 1340-1350
3. Poitiers and the Black Prince 1350-1360
4. Charles the Wise 1360-1380
5. Richard II: A Lost Peace 1380-1399
6. Burgundy and Armagnac: England's Opportunity 1399-1413
7. Henry V and Agincourt 1413-1422
8. John, Duke of Bedford, Regent of France 1422-1429
9. 'The Witch of Orleans' 1429-1435
10. 'Sad Tidings' 1435-1450
11. The End: 'A Dismal Fight' 1450-1453
12. Epilogue

Appendix: A Note on CurrencyChronology
Select Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

This excellent audio production of Seward’s popular overview delivers all the drama and pageantry of the Hundred Years War (Britain versus France, 1337-1453). Nigel Patterson is a particularly apt narrator. His firm pacing, confident diction, and unaffected delivery reflect Seward’s lucid and unsparing narrative in which kings and potentates receive the same frank assessment as knaves and fools, and are often found to be one and the same. This was the era of the Black Prince, of Henry V and Agincourt, of Joan of Arc, and of Norman England’s loss of Normandy and its other lands in France. It’s an unforgettable drama of valor and might—and the consequences of overreaching. D.A.W. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine

JULY 2019 - AudioFile

This excellent audio production of Seward’s popular overview delivers all the drama and pageantry of the Hundred Years War (Britain versus France, 1337-1453). Nigel Patterson is a particularly apt narrator. His firm pacing, confident diction, and unaffected delivery reflect Seward’s lucid and unsparing narrative in which kings and potentates receive the same frank assessment as knaves and fools, and are often found to be one and the same. This was the era of the Black Prince, of Henry V and Agincourt, of Joan of Arc, and of Norman England’s loss of Normandy and its other lands in France. It’s an unforgettable drama of valor and might—and the consequences of overreaching. D.A.W. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine

JULY 2019 - AudioFile