CONQUEST: The English Kingdom of France 1417-1450.

UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE+/NFINE+.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj with b/w,silver and yellow lettering; with negligible shelf -wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Rear,lower corner minimally bumped and a small dent about an 1" further along before the corner and to the same edge - bump+dent reciprocated to dw/dj - else,no other faults.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread? Bright,crisp,clean,generally sharp-cornered - apart from already aforementioned corner,publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a black+silver striped headband,and immaculate grey speckled endpapers.UK,thick 8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,viii-xvipp+4-485pp includes contents list/table,preface,notes to text, Pts 1-5 comprising 6,5,5,4,5 chapters respectively,an epilogue,16pp in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece, between pp138/9 and pp330/1 of colour (the majority) and b/w reproductions from contemporary illustrations etc.,notes,a bibliography,
chronology of Key events,acknowledgements and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,contents list/table,3 b/w historical maps of France,2 genealogical family trees (English & French Royal lines) all drawn by John Gilkes,note about author to rear,along with 4pp blanks at rear also.
In her best-selling 'Agincourt',Juliet Barker gave us the definitive narrative of Henry V's extraordinary victory over the French.Now,in 'Conquest',she tells the equally remarkable,but largely forgotten,
story of the dramatic years when England ruled France at the point of a sword.
Henry V's second invasion of France in 1417 launched a campaign that would put the crown of France on an English head. Buoyed by victory,his conquest looked unstoppable: by the time of his premature death in 1422,almost all of northern France was in his hands.The Valois heir to the throne had been disinherited and it was Henry's infant son who became the first English king of France.
Only the miraculous appearance of a visionary peasant girl - Joan of Arc - would halt the English advance.Yet despite her victories,her influence was short-lived: Henry VI had his coronation in Paris six months after her death and his kingdom endured for another twenty years.When he became of age he was not the leader his father had been.
It was the dauphin,whom Joan had crowned Charles VII,who would finally drive the English out of France.
'Conquest' brings to life these stirring times - the epic battles and sieges,plots and betrayals - through a kaleidoscope of characters from John Talbot,the 'English Achilles',and John,Duke of Bedford,regent of France,to brutal mercenaries, opportunistic freebooters,resourceful spies and tragic lovers torn apart by conflict.
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