My Lord John
French wars, Welsh rebels, Scottish raiders, the pomp and pageantry of Lancastrian splendor fill the colorful, turbulent years of fourteenth and fifteenth-century England. — Amid the changing passions, and loyalties, in that era of high adventure, John, the loyal and likable third son of Henry...
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French wars, Welsh rebels, Scottish raiders, the pomp and pageantry of Lancastrian splendor fill the colorful, turbulent years of fourteenth and fifteenth-century England. — Amid the changing passions, and loyalties, in that era of high adventure, John, the loyal and likable third son of Henry IV, grew to manhood fighting for his father on the Northern Marches.
His greatest ally against contentious nobles and court intrigues was the brother he loved best - Harry, the future Henry V, whose words and deeds were to inspire both friend and foe...
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Format: library binding
ISBN:
9781567230536 (1567230539)
Publish date: 1998-08-28
Publisher: Yestermorrow
Edition language: English
hard work, mostly due to the quantity of archaic language esp. in the dialogue.
2.5 stars I don’t think I’ve ever read anything about this era so I spent more time on google than reading and thank goodness for character list! But it’s so annoying and confusing when you can’t call someone the same name the whole time. I mean there’s half dozen Henry/Harry, John, Richard, Hugh, T...
Really 3.5 stars.I knew going into this book that it was an unfinished manuscript but was disappointed to find it was barely half finished. It's obvious that Heyer intended to chronicle his entire life and this goes only from babyhood to his early twenties (which is about half his life as he died a...
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