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War For The Throne: The Battle of Shrewsbury 1403

By John Barratt

Book information

Publisher
Pen and Sword Military
Year
2010
ISBN
1848840284, 9781848840287
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
981 kB (1004471 bytes)
Series
Campaign Chronicles
Pages
160\0
Time added
2022-08-01 00:53:25

Description

The opening years of the fifteenth century saw one of the most bitterly contested political and military convulsions in the history of the British Isles, a conflict that is too-often overlooked by military historians. Henry IV, who had overthrown and probably murdered his predecessor Richard II, fought a protracted and bloody campaign against the most powerful nobles in the land. This war is the subject of John Barratts gripping study. The Percy family, the Kings of the North, and their most famous leader Sir Henry Percy Hotspur,whose fiery nature and military prowess were immortalized by Shakespeare stood out against Henrys rule. And the beleaguered king also had to contend with a range of other unrelenting opponents, among them Owain Glyn Dwr, who led the Welsh revolt against English supremacy. In this graphic account of the first, deeply troubled years of Henry IVs reign, John Barratt concentrates on the warfare, in particular on the setpiece pitched battles fought at Homildon Hill, Pilleth and Shrewsbury.

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