Young Henry of Navarre
Title | Young Henry of Navarre PDF eBook |
Author | Heinrich Mann |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Academic |
Pages | 585 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | France |
ISBN | 9780715632765 |
One of the greatest modern historical novels reissued on the Overlook Duckworth imprint; Young Henry of Navarre traces the life of Henry IV from the King's idyllic childhood in the mountain villages of the Pyrennes to his ascendance to the throne of France.
Young Henry of Navarre
Title | Young Henry of Navarre PDF eBook |
Author | Heinrich Mann |
Publisher | |
Pages | 610 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN |
Young Henry of Navarre traces the life of Henry IV from the King's idyllic childhood in the mountain villages of the Pyrenees to his ascendance to the throne of France. Heinrich Mann's most acclaimed work is a spectacular epic that recounts the wars, political machinations, rival religious sects, and backstage plots that marked the birth of the French Republic.
The Helmet of Navarre (Volume 1 of 2) (EasyRead Super Large 18pt Edition)
Title | The Helmet of Navarre (Volume 1 of 2) (EasyRead Super Large 18pt Edition) PDF eBook |
Author | Bertha Runkle |
Publisher | ReadHowYouWant.com |
Pages | 358 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 142706797X |
The Huguenots and Henry of Navarre, Volume 1
Title | The Huguenots and Henry of Navarre, Volume 1 PDF eBook |
Author | Henry M. Baird |
Publisher | Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Pages | 233 |
Release | 2004-04-02 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN |
This 2004 Wipf & Stock edition of The Huguenots and Henry of Navarre by Henry Baird is a digital facsimile of the original 1896 edition published by Kegan Paul, Trench & Company
The First Bourbon
Title | The First Bourbon PDF eBook |
Author | Desmond Seward |
Publisher | Thistle Publishing |
Pages | 254 |
Release | 2013-06-20 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781909609082 |
The founder of the Bourbon dynasty, Henry IV, who ruled France from 1589 to 1610, is the most romantic of French kings. Very different from his grandson Louis XIV, he was a hard-fighting, hard swearing Southerner, who fought over 200 battles and had 60 (recorded) mistresses* After surviving his predecessor's murderous court, he rebuilt a France ruined by thirty years of war between Catholics and Protestants, enabling her to become the most powerful country in Europe. A man of enormous charm and humanity, he was famous for promising that every French peasant was going to have a chicken in the pot in Sundays. Even Napoleon admired him, always keeping a statue of him nearby.
Henry, King of France
Title | Henry, King of France PDF eBook |
Author | Heinrich Mann |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Academic |
Pages | 786 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | France |
ISBN | 9780715633281 |
In 'Henry, King of France', the sequel to 'Young Henry of Navarre', the compelling epic of Henry IV's reign over France is followed to its tragic destiny. The novel recounts two decades of chaos and war that led to the triumphant founding of the French Republic and culminated in the King's assassination in 1589.
Henry the Young King, 1155-1183
Title | Henry the Young King, 1155-1183 PDF eBook |
Author | Matthew Strickland |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 507 |
Release | 2016-09-13 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0300219555 |
This first modern study of Henry the Young King, eldest son of Henry II but the least known Plantagenet monarch, explores the brief but eventful life of the only English ruler after the Norman Conquest to be created co-ruler in his father’s lifetime. Crowned at fifteen to secure an undisputed succession, Henry played a central role in the politics of Henry II’s great empire and was hailed as the embodiment of chivalry. Yet, consistently denied direct rule, the Young King was provoked first into heading a major rebellion against his father, then to waging a bitter war against his brother Richard for control of Aquitaine, dying before reaching the age of thirty having never assumed actual power. In this remarkable history, Matthew Strickland provides a richly colored portrait of an all-but-forgotten royal figure tutored by Thomas Becket, trained in arms by the great knight William Marshal, and incited to rebellion by his mother Eleanor of Aquitaine, while using his career to explore the nature of kingship, succession, dynastic politics, and rebellion in twelfth-century England and France.