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The greatest knight : the remarkable life of William Marshal, the power behind five English thrones / Thomas Asbridge.

By:

Asbridge, Thomas S

Material type: Text

TextDescription: xx, 444 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cmISBN:

9780062262066

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Biography and autobiography

DDC classification:

92 PEM

LOC classification:

DA209.P4 A83 2014

Contents:

Childhood & youth: becoming a knight -- Adulthood: a knight in service -- Middle age: a lord of the realm -- Old age: England's great magnate -- Epilogue.

Summary: As a five-year-old boy, William was sentenced to execution and led to the gallows, yet against all odds rose through the ranks-- serving at the right hand of five English monarchs-- to become a celebrated tournament champion, a baron and politician and, ultimately, regent of the realm. Marshal befriended the great figures of his day, from Richard the Lionheart and Eleanor of Aquitaine to the infamous King John, and helped to negotiate the terms of Magna Carta. By the age of seventy he was the most powerful man in England, yet he was forced to fight in the frontline of one final battle, striving to save the kingdom from French invasion in 1217.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	92 PEM (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		039168

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Includes bibliographical references (394-423) and index.

Childhood & youth: becoming a knight -- Adulthood: a knight in service -- Middle age: a lord of the realm -- Old age: England's great magnate -- Epilogue.

As a five-year-old boy, William was sentenced to execution and led to the gallows, yet against all odds rose through the ranks-- serving at the right hand of five English monarchs-- to become a celebrated tournament champion, a baron and politician and, ultimately, regent of the realm. Marshal befriended the great figures of his day, from Richard the Lionheart and Eleanor of Aquitaine to the infamous King John, and helped to negotiate the terms of Magna Carta. By the age of seventy he was the most powerful man in England, yet he was forced to fight in the frontline of one final battle, striving to save the kingdom from French invasion in 1217.