The Fears of Henry IV by Ian Mortimer
In June 1405, King Henry IV stopped at a small Yorkshire manor house to shelter from a storm. In 1399, at the age of thirty-two, he was enthusiastically greeted as the saviour of the realm when he ousted from power the insecure and tyrannical King Richard II. But therein lay Henry's weakness.
[Mortimer] has an instinctive sympathy for the men about whom he writes, a real understanding of the mentalities of late medieval England, and a vivid historical imagination which lends colour and excitement to his pages * Literary Review *
Mortimer's book is a success and tells an important story very well -- Richard Francis * Daily Telegraph *
An arresting and original biography -- Jessie Childs * Sunday Telegraph *
[It] possesses the rare combination of clarity, liveliness, balanced judgement, erudition without pedantry, and scholarship founded on his own research among primary sources * Scotland on Sunday *
The book is at its most compelling in conjuring a sense of place or occasion * Guardian *
Mortimer's book is a success and tells an important story very well -- Richard Francis * Daily Telegraph *
An arresting and original biography -- Jessie Childs * Sunday Telegraph *
[It] possesses the rare combination of clarity, liveliness, balanced judgement, erudition without pedantry, and scholarship founded on his own research among primary sources * Scotland on Sunday *
The book is at its most compelling in conjuring a sense of place or occasion * Guardian *
Dr Ian Mortimer is the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England and The Time Traveller’s Guide to Elizabethan England, as well as four critically acclaimed medieval biographies, and numerous scholarly articles on subjects ranging in date from the twelfth to the twentieth centuries.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 1998. His work on the social history of medicine won the Alexander Prize (2004) and was published by the Royal Historical Society in 2009. He lives with his wife and three children in Moretonhampstead, on the edge of Dartmoor.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781844135295 |
| ISBN 10 | 1844135292 |
| Title | The Fears of Henry IV |
| Author | Ian Mortimer |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2008-07-03 |
| Number of pages | 496 |
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