Prof David Carpenter: 2 books
by Prof David Carpenter
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
**'**David Carpenter deserves to replace Sir James Holt as the standard authority, and an unfailingly readable one too.' Ferdinand Mount, TLS
***'***An invaluable new commentary' Jill Leopore, New Yorker
With a new commentary by David Carpenter
"No free man shall be seized...
The Penguin History of Britain: The Struggle for Mastery
Britain 1066-1284
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2004
The two-and-a-half centuries after 1066 were momentous ones in the history of Britain. In 1066, England was conquered for the last time. The Anglo-Saxon ruling class was destroyed and and the English became a subject race, dominated by a Norman-French dynasty and aristocracy. This book shows how the...