Beskrivning
Beskrivning
For over a hundred years England repeatedly invaded France on the pretext thather kings had a right to the French throne. France was a large, unwieldykingdom, England was small and poor, but for the most part she dominated thewar, sacking towns and castles and winning battles – including such gloriousvictories as Crecy, Poitiers and Agincourt, but then the English run of successbegan to fail, and in four short years she lost Normandy and finally her laststronghold in Guyenne. The protagonists of the Hundred Year War are among themost colourful in European history: for the English, Edward III, the BlackPrince and Henry V, later immortalized by Shakespeare; for the French, thesplendid but inept John II, who died a prisoner in London, Charles V, who verynearly overcame England and the enigmatic Charles VII, who did at last drive theEnglish out. Desmond Seward’s account traces the changes that led to France’sfinal victory and brings to life all the intrigue and colour of the lastchivalric combats as they gave way to a more brutal modern warfare
