Folio Archives 35: The Life and Campaigns of the Black Prince translated and edited by Richard Barber 1979
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1wcarter
The Life and Campaigns of the Black Prince translated and edited by Richard Barber 1979
A delightful unpretentious book that is composed from contemporary letters, diaries and chronicles to outline the activitis of the Black Prince in western France, where his exploits are still remembered and feared. I toured southwest France a few years ago, and everywhere we went, guides kept saying “When the Black Prince was here” as though it was a few years ago, rather than almost seven centuries.
The book covers campaigns from Crécy in 1346, to the Battle of Najera in 1356 with first hand accounts from both sides of the conflict. There are letters from various participants and justifiers, as well as contemporary chronicles (the newspapers of the time) and propaganda.
The Black Prince was a British hero, but a French invader, who started his carreer as a soldier at 16, and within ten years had captured the King of France.
In this relatively slim 139 page book there are only eight illustrations, all taken from the Grandes Chroniques of France held by the British Library.
The book is bound in brilliant red cloth that makes it stand out on the shelf, demanding to be reviewed. The cover is embossed with the Prince’s coat of arms in silver and black. It is housed in a creased grey slipcase, which was common for the FS at this time, and it is 23.3x15cm. in the slipcase.
I purchased my copy on the secondary market, but enclosed was the promotional card with attached tear-off bookmark (see picture below) that was inserted in every FS book for a couple of decades from the 1960s to the early 1980s.
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Endpapers
Loosely inserted promotional card
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the "Folio Archives" series can be viewed at : http://www.librarything.com/topic/266300
A delightful unpretentious book that is composed from contemporary letters, diaries and chronicles to outline the activitis of the Black Prince in western France, where his exploits are still remembered and feared. I toured southwest France a few years ago, and everywhere we went, guides kept saying “When the Black Prince was here” as though it was a few years ago, rather than almost seven centuries.
The book covers campaigns from Crécy in 1346, to the Battle of Najera in 1356 with first hand accounts from both sides of the conflict. There are letters from various participants and justifiers, as well as contemporary chronicles (the newspapers of the time) and propaganda.
The Black Prince was a British hero, but a French invader, who started his carreer as a soldier at 16, and within ten years had captured the King of France.
In this relatively slim 139 page book there are only eight illustrations, all taken from the Grandes Chroniques of France held by the British Library.
The book is bound in brilliant red cloth that makes it stand out on the shelf, demanding to be reviewed. The cover is embossed with the Prince’s coat of arms in silver and black. It is housed in a creased grey slipcase, which was common for the FS at this time, and it is 23.3x15cm. in the slipcase.
I purchased my copy on the secondary market, but enclosed was the promotional card with attached tear-off bookmark (see picture below) that was inserted in every FS book for a couple of decades from the 1960s to the early 1980s.
..................... 
Endpapers
Loosely inserted promotional card
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the "Folio Archives" series can be viewed at : http://www.librarything.com/topic/266300
3wcarter
>2 NLNils:
Sorry, I missed entering that detail.
He was Edward of Woodstock, Duke of Cornwall, eldest son of Edward III. He died before his father, so never became king.
He wore black armour, thus the nickname.
Sorry, I missed entering that detail.
He was Edward of Woodstock, Duke of Cornwall, eldest son of Edward III. He died before his father, so never became king.
He wore black armour, thus the nickname.
4skullduggery
>thanks, looks fascinating.
5Betelgeuse
I have this same edition, also bought on the secondary market (sans slipcase), but it is still on my TBR list!
