THE EAGLE AND THE HART: THE TRAGEDY OF RICHARD II AND HENRY IV
Written by Helen Castor
Published by Allen Lane
in 2024
ISBN: 9780241419328
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ROYALTY
THE EAGLE AND THE HART: THE TRAGEDY OF RICHARD II AND HENRY IV
Written by Helen Castor.
Stock no. 1830528
Circa.
2024.
Hardback.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The lives and reigns of Richard II and Henry IV, two cousins whose rivalry brought their nation to the brink of disintegration - and back again. One of the strangest and most fateful relationships in English history. A story about power, and masculinity in crisis, and a nation brought to the brink of catastrophe. At its heart, it is the story of two men whose lives were played out in extraordinary parallel, to devastating effect. Burgundy cloth boards, black title to spine. Colour photos. xxix and 652 pages including index. ISBN: 9780241419328. Third printing. Minor knock to lower edge of boards. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few minor creases.
Front cover
Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Maps
- Family Trees
- Author's Note
- Introduction
- PART ONE: WAR
- 1. 1367-1377: by my sceptre's awe
- 2. 1377-1381: measure our confines
- 3. 1381-1384: be rul'd by me
- 4. 1384-1386: the blood is hot
- 5. 1386-1387: am I not King?
- 6. 1387-1389: come I appellant
- PART TWO: PEACE
- 7. 1389-1393: this little world
- 8. 1391-1394: to be a make-peace
- 9. 1394-1395: an immortal title
- 10. 1395-1396: conclude and be agreed
- PART THREE: VENGEANCE
- 11. 1396-1397: on ancient malice
- 12. 1397-1398: to stand upon my kingdom
- 13. 1398-1399: the hollow crown
- 14. 1399-1400: mine empty chair
- PART FOUR: GRACE
- 15. 1400-1403: so shaken a we are
- 16. 1403-1406: meteors of a troubled heaven
- 17. 1406-1410: will fortune never come with both hands full
- 18.1410-1413: sorrows of the blood
- 19.1413-1415: the balance and the sword
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgements
- Directory of the Main Players in the Royal and Noble Families of England and France
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index