Richard II (Penguin Monarchs)
A Brittle Glory
Biography & Memoir, Royalty, Historical, Nonfiction, History
| Author: | Laura Ashe | ISBN: | 9780141979908 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd | Publication: | January 28, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Penguin | Language: | English |
| Author: | Laura Ashe |
| ISBN: | 9780141979908 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publication: | January 28, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Penguin |
| Language: | English |
Richard II (1377-99) came to the throne as a child, following the long, domineering, martial reign of his grandfather Edward III. He suffered from the disastrous combination of a most exalted sense of his own power and an inability to impress that power on those closest to the throne. Neither trusted nor feared, Richard battled with a whole series of failures and emergencies before finally succumbing to a coup, imprisonment and murder.
Laura Ashe's brilliant account of his reign emphasizes the strange gap between Richard's personal incapacity and the amazing cultural legacy of his reign - from the Wilton Diptych to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Piers Plowman and The Canterbury Tales.
Richard II (1377-99) came to the throne as a child, following the long, domineering, martial reign of his grandfather Edward III. He suffered from the disastrous combination of a most exalted sense of his own power and an inability to impress that power on those closest to the throne. Neither trusted nor feared, Richard battled with a whole series of failures and emergencies before finally succumbing to a coup, imprisonment and murder.
Laura Ashe's brilliant account of his reign emphasizes the strange gap between Richard's personal incapacity and the amazing cultural legacy of his reign - from the Wilton Diptych to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Piers Plowman and The Canterbury Tales.
