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Plantagenêt Saga tome 8

série:	Plantagenêt Saga
éditeur:	Hale Robert
auteur:	Plaidy Jean
classement:	biblio2A
année:	1980
format:	hardbook with jacket
état:	BE (first edition)
valeur:	10 €
critère:	**
remarques:	volume 8: the follies of the king (being Edward II), first edition (1980) mentioning: Edward II (called Edward of Carnarvon and Prince of Wales), Isabelle de France (called the She-Wolf of France), Piers Gaveston 1st Earl of Cornwall (called the Perrot, favourite of Edward II), the Despensers (the Younger and the Elder), Roger Mortimer 1st Earl of March, Philippe IV le Bel king of France, Robert II the Bruce, king of Scotland, Thomas Plantagenêt 2nd Earl of Lancaster, Guy de Beauchamp 10th Earl of Warwick, Walter Reynolds archbishop of Canterbury, Adam Orleton bishop of Hereford, Scottish sir James Douglas (Black Douglas), Scottish battles for Independence: - Falkirk (1298, English victory by Edward I) - Methven (1306, English victory) - Loudoun Hill (1307, Scottish victory by Robert the Bruce) - Bannockburn (1314, great Scottish victory by Robert the Bruce on Edward II) summary of the book (by chapters): 1/ Gaveston, beloved Perrot description of Edward II 2/ the Queen's discovery description of Isabelle and of Philippe the Bel 3/ murder on Blacklow Hill death of Edward I, the hammer of the Scots 4/ the Despensers, the curse of the Templars 5/ Bannockburn, the king is warned, banishment 6/ Roger Mortimer, the affair at Leeds castle, the end of Lancaster, the lovers of the Tower, the queen plots 7/ Isabella, letters from England, the four sisters of Hainault, marriage of Philippa with the future Edward III 8/ Edward, king no more, murder at Berkeley castle by the murders Thomas Gourney and William Ogle enclosures: - cover of the book - portraits of Edward II, Isabelle de France, Edward III, Robert the Bruce, Roger Mortimer et Philippe IV le Bel - illustration battle of Bannockburn - blason of English monarchy
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