My Lord of Bedford, 1389-1435 : being a life of John of Lancaster, first Duke of Bedford, brother of Henry V and Regent of France / [by] E. Carleton Williams

Williams, Ethel Carleton

1963, 1st edition. [London] : Longmans. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #429075

Physical description: xi, 300 pages facsimiles, genealogical tables, map, portraits (1 color) 23 cm. Contents: Partial contents Boyhood: 1389-1405 -- Life on the border: 1405-1413 -- Lietenant of England: 1413 -- The sea flight off Harfleur: 1416 -- Sir John oldcastle: 1413-1417 -- The treaty of Troyes: 1420 -- The siege of Melun: 1420 -- The death of Henry V: 1422 -- Regente of France: 1422 -- The duchy of Normandy: 1422-1428 -- The triple alliance: 1423 -- The battle of Verneuil: 1424 -- The Anglo-Burgundian alliance: 1424-1425 -- The conquest of Maine: 1424-1427 -- The Duke bedford in England: 1426-1427 -- The siege of Montargis: 1427 -- The siege of Lagny: 1432 -- The widening breach with burgundy: 1432 -- The last visit to England: 1433 -- The congress of Arras: 1435. Subjects: Bedford, John Plantagenet Duke of 1389-1435. John of Lancaster 1st duke of Bedford 1389-1435. 14th Century. Political History. France. Great Britain. Hundred Years War, 1337-1453.

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