The Devil's Crown: A History of Henry II and His Sons
by Richard W. Barber
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The story of Henry II's turbulent relationship with Thomas a Beckett, Queen Eleanor, and his sons Richard and John. A tie-in with the BBC2 mini-series.Tags
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A workmanlike illustrated account of the Angevin kings of England. This gives just the right amount of factual detail to give an overview of the period. A relief after the overly romantic novel The Book of Eleanor that I read just before this.
A nice gossipy stew about King Henry II and his four wicked sons by wife Eleanor of Aquitaine: Henry "The Young King," Richard the Lion Heart, Geoffrey Duke of Brittany and the most stupid one of the lot, King John I. If you like this book, you'll love the 1964 movie *The Lion In Winter* with Katherine Hepburn.
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- Canonical title
- The Devil's Crown: A History of Henry II and His Sons
- People/Characters
- Henry II, King of England; Richard I, King of England; John, King of England; Eleanor of Aquitaine; Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany; Thomas Becket
- Important events
- Reign of Henry II (1154-12-19 | 1189-07-06)
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- Genres
- History, Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 941.03 — History & geography History of Europe British Isles Historical periods of British Isles 1154-1399 Period of House of Plantagenet
- LCC
- DA206 .B34 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Great Britain History of Great Britain England History By period Early and medieval to 1485 1154-1485. Angevins. Plantagenets.
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- Languages
- English
- Media
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