Bloody Crowns: A New History of the Hundred Years War
Michael Livingston, "Bloody Crowns: A New History of the Hundred Years War"
English | ISBN: 1541607708 | 2025 | 592 pages | AZW3 | 23 MB
English | ISBN: 1541607708 | 2025 | 592 pages | AZW3 | 23 MB
A prize-winning scholar’s new and expansive telling of the Hundred Years’ War, revealing how the lines drawn on medieval battlefields forged the modern world
“A riveting page-turner that brilliantly revises centuries of history” (Bernard Cornwell, New York Times–bestselling author of The Last Kingdom)
Henry V at Agincourt. Edward III at Crécy. The Black Prince at Poitiers. Joan of Arc at Orléans. The period we call “the Hundred Years War” was a cascade of violence bursting with some of the most famous figures and fascinating fights in history. The central combatants, England and France, bore witness to uncountable deaths, unbelievable tragedy, and uncompromising glory. But there was much more to this period than a struggle between two nations for dominance.
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