Montfort: The Early Years - 1229 to 1243
Simon de Montfort, the founder of England’s Parliament, was the greatest knight and foremost military strategist of his time. Friend of Saint Louis, thorn in the side of the Plantagenets, he was chosen Viceroy by Prince Richard’s crusaders and the Christian lords of Palestine. He served as...
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Simon de Montfort, the founder of England’s Parliament, was the greatest knight and foremost military strategist of his time. Friend of Saint Louis, thorn in the side of the Plantagenets, he was chosen Viceroy by Prince Richard’s crusaders and the Christian lords of Palestine. He served as Senechal of France for King Louis’ heir, but rejected the Crown of England, championing instead the New Millennium of democracy preached by Dominican and Franciscan friars.Was he also to father of King Edward I? It was the gossip of the time, and there is some persuasive evidence.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781439264669 (143926466X)
Publish date: February 5th 2010
Publisher: Wake Robin Press
Pages no: 332
Edition language: English
Series: Montfort The Founder of Parliament (#1)
For reasons: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/362963815
DNF review at 17%How to review this? I knew going in that this book had some rather...erm...unusual opinions about Simon de Montfort and the *true* parentage of Edward I of England. I know there's at least two camps of readers in historical fiction - those who want it as historically accurate as pos...
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