King of the North Wind by Claudia Gold Md

King of the North Wind by Claudia Gold Md

Henry II conquered the largest empire of any English medieval king. Yet it is the people around him we remember: his wife Eleanor, whom he seduced from the French king; his son Richard the Lionheart; Thomas Becket, murdered in his cathedral. Who was this great, yet tragic king? For fans of Dan Jones, George RR Martin and Bernard Cornwell.

‘Gold … sees the best way to tell the story of Henry II's reign is through the people … (she) approaches his life in five pseudo-Shakespearean acts … An effective structure allowing her colourful and sharply observed history of a tricky reign to take shape … an enjoyable account of England's first Plantagenet king’ Sunday Times

‘Good readable history … Gold's narrative is pacey … the asides that pepper Gold's narrative are what make it, unusually for medieval history, riotously entertaining … ‘King of the North Wind’ is a work that claims to be 'written as historical tragedy', but it's much more fun than that’ The Times

Claudia Gold writes historical non-fiction. Her first book, Women Who Ruled, tells the stories of fifty of the world's most famous – and often notorious – women rulers. Her second book, The King's Mistress, is a biography of the extraordinary woman who became England's first Georgian queen in all but name. Her latest book is a biography of the Henry II, King of England and lord of much of modern day France. Claudia has also researched and written for a number of TV documentaries. She has a Masters degree in medieval history.

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ISBN 13	9780007554805
ISBN 10	000755480X
Title	King of the North Wind
Author	Claudia Gold Md
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2019-03-07
Number of pages	432
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